The Camisard Rebellion

Japanese: カミザールの乱 - カミザールのらん（英語表記）Révolte des Camisards

In the final years of the reign of Louis XIV (1702-04), during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-13), a Calvinist Protestant rebellion broke out in the Cévennes region of southern France. The name Camisards is said to come from the white shirts they wore, called camiso, or camisade, meaning night raid. The Cévennes region, where the rebellion took place, is a mountainous area in the southeast of the Massif Central. Small villages are scattered among the mountains, and it was a poor region where grain was cultivated in terraced fields, silkworm farming, and sheep farming were combined. However, Calvinist faith had spread there since the 16th century, and it was one of the major Protestant strongholds in southern France.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ルイ14世の治世末年(1702‐04)，スペイン継承戦争(1701‐13)の渦中に，南フランスのセベンヌCévennes地方に起こったカルバン派新教徒の反乱。カミザールの名は，彼らが着ていた白いシャツcamiso，または夜襲を意味するcamisadeに由来するという。舞台となったセベンヌ地方は，マシフ･サントラル(中央山地)の南東部の山岳地帯で，山間に小村が点在し，段々畑での穀作に養蚕･牧羊をあわせ行う貧しい地方であったが，16世紀以来カルバン派の信仰が広まり，南フランスでも有数の新教派の拠点であった。

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