The Huguenots in the French Economy, 1650–1750

Warren C. Scoville

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1953, vol. 67, issue 3, 423-444

Abstract: I. Introduction, 423. — II. The place of the Protestant nobility and peasantry, 424. — III. The Protestant bourgeoisie; its economic superiority and commercial importance, 426. — IV. Its industrial position; its rôle in private and public finance, 430. — V. Various hypotheses as to the generalized relationship of Protestantism and capitalism, 432. — VI. Predestination and man's calling. Protestantism and individualism. Rationalization of economic activity. Attitude toward interest, 435. — VII. The Huguenots as a "penalized minority," 439. — VIII. Conclusions, 443.

Date: 1953
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