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MAUREL, ABDIAS (d. 1705)

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MAUREL, ABDIAS (d. 1705)
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MAUREL, ABDIAS (d. 1705) , Camisard See also:

LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, became a See also:

CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry officer in the See also:

French See also:

army and gained distinction in See also:

Italy; here he served under See also:

MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

Marshal See also:

CATINAT, NICOLAS (1637-1712)

Catinat, and on this See also:

account he himself is sometimes known as Catinat. In 1702, when the revolt in the See also:

CEVENNES (Lat. Cebenna or Gebenna)

Cevennes See also:

broke out, he became one of the Camisard leaders, and in this capacity his name was soon known and feared. He refused to accept the See also:

peace made by See also:

JEAN

Jean See also:

Cavalier in 1704, and after passing a few See also:

WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks in See also:

SWITZERLAND

Switzerland he returned to See also:

France and became one of the chiefs of those See also:

CAMISARDS (from camisade, obsolete Fr. for " a night attack," from the Ital. camiciata, formed from camicia—Fr. chemise—a shirt, from the fact of a shirt being worn over the armour in order to distinguish friends from foes)

Camisards who were still in arms. He was deeply concerned in a See also:

plot to See also:

CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture some French towns, a See also:

SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme which, it was hoped, would be helped by See also:

England and See also:

Holland. But it failed; Maurel was betrayed, and with three other leaders of the See also:

MOVEMENT

movement was burned to See also:

DEATH

death at See also:

Nimes on the 22nd of See also:

APRIL

April 1705. He was a See also:

man of See also:

GREAT

great See also:

PHYSICAL

physical strength; but he was very cruel, and boasted he had killed 200 See also:

ROMAN

Roman Catholics with his own hands.

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