Napoléon Peyrat
Napoléon Peyrat (20 January 1809 – 4 April 1881) was a French writer and historian from Les Bordes-sur-Arize (French: Les Bordes-sur-Arize). Preyat was an anti-monarchist who was also opposed to the Catholic Church. Peyrat was the author of Histoire des pasteurs du Désert: depuis la révocation de l'édit de Nantes jusqu'à la Révolution française, 1685 - 1789 (History of the Desert Fathers: from the revolution of the Edict of Nantes to the French Revolution, 1685-1789).
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Napoléon Peyrat
- Born
- 1809 · Les Bordes-sur-Arize.
- Died
- 1881 · Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
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- France
- Occupation
- historian · poet · pastor · writer · parson
- Education
- Faculté libre de théologie protestante de Montauban
- Languages
- French
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Napoléon Peyrat (20 January 1809 – 4 April 1881) was a French writer and historian from Les Bordes-sur-Arize (French: Les Bordes-sur-Arize). Preyat was an anti-monarchist who was also opposed to the Catholic Church. Peyrat was the author of Histoire des pasteurs du Désert: depuis la révocation de l'édit de Nantes jusqu'à la Révolution française, 1685 - 1789 (History of the Desert Fathers: from the revolution of the Edict of Nantes to the French Revolution, 1685-1789).
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Born at Les Bordes-sur-Arize in 1809, died in Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1881.
Napoléon Peyrat studied at Faculté libre de théologie protestante de Montauban. The recorded working language is French. Positions recorded include pastor.
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- 1.Claire Colombi, La Légende noire du Moyen-Âge, 2017.
- 2.Napoléon Peyrat (1809-1881). Musée protestant.
- 3.Annie. Cazenave. Napoléon Peyrat et Montségur. Actes des congrès nationaux des sociétés historiques et scientifiques. 134. 97–110. 2011. 2024-04-03.
- 4.L'Industriel de Saint-Germain-en Laye : journal non politique, administratif, agricole, commercial, industriel et littéraire, annonces et avis divers. / dir. H. Picault puis Th. Lancelin. Gallica. 1867-05-18.
- 5.Chapitre auteur1=Annie Cazenave titre Napoléon Peyrat et Montségur auteurs Christian Amalvi (dir.) titre Usages savants et partisans des biographies, de l’Antiquité au XXIe siècle éditeur=Editions du CTHS 2011 lire en https://www.persee.fr/doc/acths_1764-7355_2011_act_134_4_1997 97-110 .
- 6.Roger Parmentier. Napoléon Peyrat. Évangile et Liberté. 4 mars 2014.
- 7.Michel Jas. Le Rêve de l’Église Johannite chez le pasteur Peyrat. Évangile et Liberté. 1993.
- 8.Cathares et camisards. Les Presses du Languedoc. 1998.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Cathares et Camisards : l’œuvre de Napoléon Peyrat : 1809-1881. Les Presses du Languedoc. 1998. 2-85998-186-1.
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