Editing Camisards (section)

== Heritage ==
Jean Cavalier later went over to the British, who made him governor of the island of [[Jersey]].

A [[millenarianism|millenarian]] group of ex-Camisards under the guidance of Elie Marion emigrated to [[London]] in 1706, and were said to have links with the [[Alumbrados]]. They were generally treated with scorn and some official repression as the "French Prophets".<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-109707 |title=French Prophets |last=Laborie |first=Lionel |date=2019 |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.109707 |isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 |access-date=6 September 2019|quote= French Prophets (act. 1706–c.1750) were a controversial millenarian movement that appeared in England in 1706 and anticipated the evangelical awakening of the 1730s.}}</ref> Their example and their writings had some influence later, both on the spiritual outlook of [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] and on [[Ann Lee]], founder of the [[Shakers|Shaker]] movement.

[[File:Pillory-french-prophets1.jpg|thumb|250px|Title and illustration of an anonymous handbill printed in London in 1707.  The picture shows Élie Marion, Jean Daudé, and [[Nicolas Fatio de Duillier]], leaders of the so-called French prophets, standing on the scaffold at Charing Cross after being sentenced to the pillory for sedition.]]

=== Role in the survival of Protestantism in France ===
After the main active Camisard groups had been subdued in various ways, the French authorities were keen not to re-ignite the revolt and took a more moderate approach to anti-Protestant repression. Many former Camisards came back to a more peaceful approach and from 1715 onwards helped re-establish a still illegal but now much better organised Protestantism. They were under the leadership of [[Antoine Court]] and of the numerous travelling pastors who were permitted to re-enter the country.<ref>Philippe Joutard, Les Camisards, Gallimard 1976, rédité en coll. Folio Histoire en 1994, pp.217-219</ref>

=== "The Camisards' legend" ===
In his book with the title ''La légende des Camisards'', Philippe Joutard, a professor of history, registered the very lively oral tradition about the Camisards which has prevailed to this day in the Cévennes region. He also observed the "attractive power" of this striking period of history where many unrelated episodes have been integrated through the oral tradition. As this oral transmission is mainly done through the families, it often highlights more of their own ancestors who were faithful to their convictions than the heroic leaders of the revolt. In so doing it develops beyond the original religious question to a general attitude of resistance and non-conformity which determines a whole philosophical, political and human culture and way of life.<ref name=Joutard>Philippe Joutard, La légende des Camisards, NRF Gallimard, 1977, p. 355</ref> Philippe Joutard also noted that even the minority of [[Catholics]] living in this Protestant part of the country tend to reconstruct their history in the same way as their former religious opponents.<ref name=Joutard/> The footprint of the Camisards in Cévennes is thus particularly deep and lasting.