Un « réveil » du protestantisme français au début du XVIIIe siècle ? Le baptême de repentance chez les Multipliants (Montpellier, 1720-1723)
Protestantism or Catholicism? Judaism or Calvinism? Representatives of the king, both in Versailles and in Montpellier, were unable to understand the group assembled in Anne Robert’s house. Guided by three priests, a prophetess, and a pastor, these Multipliers, as they…
Anne Robert et la condamnation de la secte des Multipliants (Montpellier, mars-juin 1723)
On March 6, 1723, Louis de Bernage, intendant of Languedoc, arrested a group of Protestants gathered in Montpellier at the home of Anne Robert, widow of the merchant Jean Verchand. This strange “sect of the Multipliers” represents one of the…