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- English
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About this book
"An entrancing read, illuminating how life in Britain has been influenced and enhanced by those who arrived, often with nothing except their skills." āBabs Horton, author of Winter Swallows
Seeking SanctuaryĀ explores the history of people looking for refuge in Great Britain. It starts with those Protestant refugees fleeing oppression and persecution from Catholic Spain who ruled the Netherlands in the sixteenth century. It traces successive waves of peoples in the context of why they fled. At various times this was due to religious persecution, political upheaval, war and ethnic cleansing.
"The author writes from the perspective of her work with asylum seekers, which evidently generated her interest in Britain's history as a refuge. Jane Marchese Robinson's passion for displaced persons is apparent in her examples and case studies, and for anyone with an interest in, or connection with, the selected groups of refugees over the past 100 years, it will make interesting readingĀ .Ā .Ā . The author demonstrates compassion for, and empathy with, the groups she examines, and many will find this the compelling aspect of the book." āAssociation of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives
"This is a wide-ranging book which explores these major refugee movements in depth and it is often emotional in its details." āBristol and Avon Family History Society
Seeking SanctuaryĀ explores the history of people looking for refuge in Great Britain. It starts with those Protestant refugees fleeing oppression and persecution from Catholic Spain who ruled the Netherlands in the sixteenth century. It traces successive waves of peoples in the context of why they fled. At various times this was due to religious persecution, political upheaval, war and ethnic cleansing.
"The author writes from the perspective of her work with asylum seekers, which evidently generated her interest in Britain's history as a refuge. Jane Marchese Robinson's passion for displaced persons is apparent in her examples and case studies, and for anyone with an interest in, or connection with, the selected groups of refugees over the past 100 years, it will make interesting readingĀ .Ā .Ā . The author demonstrates compassion for, and empathy with, the groups she examines, and many will find this the compelling aspect of the book." āAssociation of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives
"This is a wide-ranging book which explores these major refugee movements in depth and it is often emotional in its details." āBristol and Avon Family History Society
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowlegements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The First Protestant Refugees
- Chapter 2 The Huguenots and the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
- Chapter 3 The Poor Palatines
- Chapter 4 The French Revolution Refugees and Other European Exiles of the Nineteenth Century
- Chapter 5 The Portuguese Refugees in Plymouth
- Chapter 6 A Story of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Persecution
- Chapter 7 The First World War and Germany Invades Belgium
- Chapter 8 The Basque Refugee Children
- Chapter 9 The Nazis and Their Persecution of the Jewish Peoples
- Chapter 10 Second World War Refugees in Britain
- Chapter 11 The Displacement of Peoples after the Second World War
- Chapter 12 The Hungarian Uprising
- Chapter 13 The Ugandan Asians
- Chapter 14 The Chilean Coup and its Aftermath
- Chapter 15 A Vietnamese Story
- Chapter 16 The Balkan Wars in the 1990s and the Kosovo Humanitarian Evacuation Programme
- Chapter 17 The Syrian Crisis
- Chapter 18 Afterword
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Plate section