fjt_04598 - PROTESTANTISM KRÜGER PRESIDENT DU TRANSVAAL 1900
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 65.00 €
Type : KRÜGER PRESIDENT DU TRANSVAAL
Date: 1900
Metal : brass and cardboard
Rarity : R2
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Obverse
Obverse legend : KRÜGER PRESIDENT DU TRANSVAAL 1900.
Obverse description : Buste de Krüger à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : AUX BOERS - AUX HEROIQUES DEFENSEURS DE LA LIBERTE AU TRANSVAAL 1900.
Commentary
Ce jeton politique s'explique par la présence de très nombreux protestants français, parfois installés depuis des siècles en Afrique du Sud, aux cotés des Boers, contre les colonisateurs anglais dans une guerrre dont il ne faut pas oublier qu'elle vit l'invention du "camp de concentration" avec des taux de mortalité des prisonniers rarement égalés depuis sauf dans les versions nord-vietnamiennes.
This political token is explained by the presence of a large number of French Protestants, some of whom had been settled for centuries in South Africa, alongside the Boers, against the English colonizers in a war which, we must not forget, saw the invention of the \\\"concentration camp\\\" with prisoner mortality rates rarely equaled since except in the North Vietnamese versions.
This political token is explained by the presence of a large number of French Protestants, some of whom had been settled for centuries in South Africa, alongside the Boers, against the English colonizers in a war which, we must not forget, saw the invention of the \\\"concentration camp\\\" with prisoner mortality rates rarely equaled since except in the North Vietnamese versions.
Historical background
PROTESTANTISM
(05/14/1610-05/14/1643)
From the assembly of La Rochelle on December 24, 1620, the Huguenots protested against the restoration of Catholic worship in Béarn. The Protestants of the South rise up and ask for help from England. The Protestant initiative is supported by nobles like the Duke of Rohan, the Duke of Soubise or the Duke of La Force. The Duke of Mayenne was killed on September 22, 1621 while trying to seize Montauban defended by the Duke of Rohan. The peace of Montpellier of October 18, 1622 confirms the Edict of Nantes, La Rochelle and Montauban remain Huguenot strongholds. However, the war resumed in 1625 with the capture of the island of Oléron by the Duke of Soubise. The Rochelais rise up. A provisional peace in 1626 did not prevent Richelieu from coming to besiege La Rochelle in October 1627 while the city was being supplied by the English. La Rochelle finally capitulated on October 28, 1628 after its abandonment by the English fleet. The Protestants of the South resume the struggle with the siege of Privas and the capitulation of Alès. The Edict of Alès of June 28, 1629 confirms religious freedom, but deprives Protestants of places of safety.
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