The Huguenots, the Protestant Interest, and the War of the Spanish Succession, 1702-1714 Laurence Huey Boles, Jr. The Huguenots, the Protestant Interest, and the War of the Spanish Succession, 1702-1714 American University Studies Series IX History Vol. 181 PETER LANG New York • Washington, D.C./Baltimore Bern • Frankfurt am Main • Berlin • Vienna • Paris Laurence Huey Boles, Jr. The Huguenots, the Protestant Interest, and the War of the Spanish Succession, 1702-1714 PETER LANG New York • Washington, D.C./Baltimore Bern • Frankfurt am Main • Berlin • Vienna • Paris Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Boles, Laurence Huey. The Huguenots, the Protestant interest, and the War of the Spanish Succession, 1702-1714/ Laurence Huey Boles, Jr. p. em. -(American university studies. Series IX, History; vol. 181) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714. 2. Huguenots-Europe History-18th century. 3. Europe-History-1648-1715. I. Title. II. Series. D282.B65 940.2' 526-<ic20 95-39352 ISBN 0-8204-3070-6 ISSN 0740-0462 Die Deutsche Bibliothek-CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Boles, Laurence Huey: The Huguenots, the Protestant interest, and the War of the Spanish Succession, 1702-1714/ Laurence Huey Boles, Jr. -New York; Washington, D.C./Baltimore; Bern; Frankfurt am Main; Berlin; Vienna; Paris: Lang. (American university studies: Ser. 9, History; Vol. 181) ISBN 0-8204-3070-6 NE: American university studies/ 09 The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council of Library Resources. © 1997 Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., New York All rights reserved. Reprint or reproduction, even partially, in all forms such as microfilm, xerography, microfiche, microcard, and offset strictly prohibited. Printed in the United States of America. Dedicated to Leslie Mallen Boles and Suyin Mallen Boles This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgements This work has been adapted from a doctoral dissertation completed for Northern Arizona University. Accordingly, I wish to express my appreciation for the guidance provided by Dr. Neil Kunze, Dr. David H. Kitterman, Dr. George W. Kyte, and Dr. F. Jeffrey Platt, of the Department of History, and by Dr. Larry M. Preston, of the Department of Political Science. A special memorial acknowledgement goes to the late Dr. William J. Roosen for his leadership of my doctoral studies until his death in August 1993. I wish to thank the staff of the Northern Arizona University Cline Library, especially for their diligence in obtaining many materials by interlibrary loan. Also, I convey my appreciation of the generous assistance of the staff of the Schoonmaker Memorial Library, in New Paltz, New York, and of the Henry E. Huntington Library, in San Marino, California. My appreciation is also extended to Linda Charles, of Flagstaff, Arizona, for her painstaking photocomposition of the manuscript. For certain direct quotations I acknowledge: Henry L. Snyder, editor, The Marlborough Godolphin Correspondence, 1975, by permission of Oxford University Press; the Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London; the Proceedings of the Western Society for French History; and The State Papers of Queen Anne, 1701-1714, by The Liturgical Press/Division of the Order of St. Benedict, Inc./distributed by Scholarly Resources Inc. Much of the joy of writing this work came from the memory of my late father, Laurence Huey Boles, and his great love of history. I have been encouraged throughout by my mother, Blossom Miller Boles, my brother, Edgar Howard Boles, II, and my friends Harry and Regina Salis, David and Carol Brim, and Paul J. Babbitt, Jr., and Mary-Kuzell Babbitt. Most of all, I have been sustained by the unrelenting faith and loving support of my wife Leslie Mallen Boles. Laurence Huey Boles, Jr. Flagstaff, Arizona April 1996 This page intentionally left blank Table of Contents PREFACE xi A NOTE ON DATES xiii 1. EUROPE AND THE PROTEST ANT INTEREST 1 2. QUEEN ANNE, THE SWISS, AND THE MENDING OF BRIDGES TO EUROPE 29 3. FRANCE AND THE SWISS: TRADE, THE PAMPHLET WAR, AND A DUCHY IN DISPUTE 47 4. THE DUKE OF SAVOY AND THE GRAND ALLIANCE: GAINING THE WAR AT THE COST OF THE PROTESTANT INTEREST 69 5. THE CAMISARD REBELS AND THE ALLIES: THE STAKES OF STRATEGY 101 6. THE CAMISARD REBELS, EMIGRE SOLDIERS, AND THE ALLIES: THE TACTICAL RETREAT 129 7. THE PROTEST ANTS OF THE EMPIRE AND THE FORTUNES OF WAR 153 8. THE PROTEST ANT INTEREST, THE HUGUENOTS OF FRANCE, AND THE PEACE OF UTRECHT 195