Editing Camisards (section)

==The people==
Of the Camisards, 42% were Cévennes peasants, and 58% were rural craftsmen, of whom 75% worked as wool-combers, wool-carders and weavers. All spoke Occitan. There were no noblemen involved, none had been trained in the art of war. There was no concept of a single army, there was no single leader but every region had its permanent organisers and occasional soldiers.{{Sfn|Bersier|2016}}

The leaders of note were:

* Gédéon Laporte
* Salomon Couderc with Abraham Mazel in [[Saint-André-de-Lancize|Le Bougès]] and [[Mont Lozère]].
* Henri Castanet (1674–1705) in charge of [[Mont Aigoual]].
* Pierre Laporte (Rolland) (1680–1704) in the Basses-Cévennes, Mialet and [[Lassalle]]. 
* Jean Cavalier (1681–1704) in the plains of Bas-Languedoc between [[Uzès]] and [[Sauve, Gard|Sauve]].{{sfn|Bersier|2016}}

Religiously, ordained pastors were rounded up, and a series of prophets ministered secretly.{{Explain|date=August 2017}} Notable among them{{According to whom|date=August 2017}} were:

* Esprit Séguier
* Abraham Mazel
* Elie Marion
* Jean Cavalier

The visions of the prophets inspired the operations of the war, and encouraged the peasants to feel invincible. The peasants marched singing [[Psalm 68|Psalms]] — which unnerved the opposition.{{Sfn|Bersier|2016}}