I believe the Huguenot "religion" came out of the Reformation and the split with the "Roman Church." I have read it was a strict, Calvinistic faith without the trappings of Catholicism (incense, statutes of saints, litany in Latin, status of the Bishop of Rome as head of the church, etc.). Probably much like early Baptist, Presbyterians, etc. in its plainness. As with all European nations during that period, the religious issues became caught up politics as various factions in the royal houses split and jockeyed for domination using religious issues as a stalking horse for political ambitions. Any good college level history text can give details about the politics of the era and the battles between Huguenots and Roman Catholic nobles from the mid-1500s through 1680s as each sought to dominate the emerging nation-state of France. One that I have is "The Renaissance and Reformation," Second Edition, by Henry S. Lucas, U of Washington, copyright 1934, 1960, Harper and Row, Publishers. It gives a good overview of the complex politics involved in the issuance of the Edict of Nantes in 1598, which gave recognition -- of a sort -- to religious toleration of the Protestants in France. The revocation of the Edict, by Louis XIV around 1685 basically resulted in driving the faithful Huguenots out of France (one supposed quote of the era was Louis and his followers vow that the Huguenots could, "...become Catholic, or become a head shorter!...") Given the time of Isaac 'duBosc' moving to the new world it would probably be a good assumption that he and his (later) wife, Suzanne, were caught up in that great migration. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Popeye333@aol.com> To: <DuBose-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 10:59 AM Subject: Re: SC DuBois(e) postings > French Huguenot is not a religion. > >