Excerpt from The Reformation in France: From the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes to the Incorporation of the Reformed Churches Into the State<br><br>This history, the earlier portion of which was narrated in a previous volume, is here brought to its natural conclusion in the Revolution of 1789. That that event was the necessary sequel of the Protestant Reformation has long been recognised; but for reasons easy to be understood it has not been fully and clearly brought out in histories deal ing exclusively with the Reformation in France. Hence a certain sadness and perplexity, as if, after all its terrible struggles, after its long martyrdom of two centuries'and a half, the Reformation in France had proved abortive and a failure.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.