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During the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries Poitou was a hotbed of [[Huguenot]] (French Calvinist) activity among the nobility and bourgeoisie and was severely affected by the [[French Wars of Religion]] (1562–1598).
During the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries Poitou was a hotbed of [[Huguenot]] (French Calvinist) activity among the nobility and bourgeoisie and was severely affected by the [[French Wars of Religion]] (1562–1598).


Some of the [[Acadian]]s who settled in what is now [[Nova Scotia]] beginning in 1604, and later in [[New Brunswick]], came from the region of Southern Poitou. After the Acadians were [[deportation|deported]] by the British beginning in 1755. A large portion of these [[refugee]]s who were deported eventually moved to [[Louisiana]] in 1785 and became known as [[Cajun]]s (from Acadians).
Some of the [[Acadian]]s who settled in what is now [[Nova Scotia]] beginning in 1604, and later in [[New Brunswick]], came from the region of Southern Poitou.


After the revocation of the [[Edict of Nantes]] in 1685, a strong [[Counter-Reformation]] effort was made by the French Roman [[Catholic Church]]; in 1793, this was partially responsible for the three-year-long open revolt against the French Revolutionary Government in the Bas-Poitou (Département of [[Vendée]]). Indeed, during [[Napoleon]]'s [[Hundred Days]] in 1815, the Vendée stayed loyal to the Restoration Monarchy of [[Louis XVIII of France|King Louis XVIII]] and Napoleon dispatched 10,000 troops under [[General Lamarque]] to pacify the region.
After the revocation of the [[Edict of Nantes]] in 1685, a strong [[Counter-Reformation]] effort was made by the French Roman [[Catholic Church]]; in 1793, this was partially responsible for the three-year-long open revolt against the French Revolutionary Government in the Bas-Poitou (Département of [[Vendée]]). Indeed, during [[Napoleon]]'s [[Hundred Days]] in 1815, the Vendée stayed loyal to the Restoration Monarchy of [[Louis XVIII of France|King Louis XVIII]] and Napoleon dispatched 10,000 troops under [[General Lamarque]] to pacify the region.

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For the breeds of animal from this region, see Baudet de Poitou and Poitou goat.

Poitou
Poetou  (Poitevin)
Flag of Poitou
Flag
Coat of arms of Poitou
Coat of arms
CountryFrance
Area
 • Total
19,709 km2 (7,610 sq mi)
Population
 (2006 estimate)
Residents known as Poitevins[1]
 • Total
1,375,356
Time zoneCET
Count638–677, Guérin de Trèves
1403–1461, Charles VII of France

Poitou (UK: /ˈpwʌtuː/, US: /pwɑːˈtuː/,[2][3][4] French: [pwatu]; Poitevin: Poetou) was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers.

Geography

The main historical cities are Poitiers (historical capital city), Châtellerault (France's kings' establishment in Poitou), Niort, La Roche-sur-Yon, Thouars, and Parthenay.

History

The region of Poitou was called Thifalia (or Theiphalia) in the sixth century.

There is a marshland called the Poitevin Marsh (French Marais Poitevin) on the Gulf of Poitou, on the west coast of France, just north of La Rochelle and west of Niort.

By the Treaty of Paris of 1259, King Henry III of England recognized his loss of continental Plantagenet territory to France (including Normandy, Maine, Anjou, and Poitou).

During the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries Poitou was a hotbed of Huguenot (French Calvinist) activity among the nobility and bourgeoisie and was severely affected by the French Wars of Religion (1562–1598).

Some of the Acadians who settled in what is now Nova Scotia beginning in 1604, and later in New Brunswick, came from the region of Southern Poitou.

After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, a strong Counter-Reformation effort was made by the French Roman Catholic Church; in 1793, this was partially responsible for the three-year-long open revolt against the French Revolutionary Government in the Bas-Poitou (Département of Vendée). Indeed, during Napoleon's Hundred Days in 1815, the Vendée stayed loyal to the Restoration Monarchy of King Louis XVIII and Napoleon dispatched 10,000 troops under General Lamarque to pacify the region.

As noted by Lampert, "The persistent Huguenots of 17th Century Poitou and the fiercely Catholic rebellious Royalists of what came be the Vendée of the late 18th Century had ideologies very different, indeed diametrically opposed to each other. The common thread connecting both phenomena is a continuing assertion of a local identity and opposition to the central government in Paris, whatever its composition and identity. (...) In the region where Louis XIII and Louis XIV had encountered stiff resistance, the House of Bourbon gained loyal and militant supporters exactly when it had been overthrown and when a Bourbon loyalty came to imply a local loyalty in opposition to the new central government, that of Robespierre."[5]

Culture

In fiction

  • Large parts of the "Angelique" series of historical novels are set in 17th century Poitou.

See also

References

  1. ^ Lance Day, Ian McNeil, ed. (1996). Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-19399-0.
  2. ^ "Poitou". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Poitou" (US) and "Poitou". Oxford Dictionaries UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. n.d. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Poitou". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.
  5. ^ Andre Lampert, "Centralism and Localism in European History" (cited as an example of "A Persistant [sic?] Localism" in the Introduction)

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