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For almost two centuries, Reformed Calvinists lived in the kingdom of France and were persecuted there until Henry IV signed the Edict of Nantes in 1598 and relative peace took hold. However, after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV in 1685, the Huguenots again suffered Catholic threats. The king's dragoons seek to convert them all to Catholicism; some Protestants give in, others choose to flee - generally to Geneva, the reformed city of Jean Calvin - but the refusal to give up by others thus leads to a movement of revolt which will end in a war:the war of the Camisards.
On July 22, 1702, following the assassination of the "cruel converter" the Abbé du Chayla, Abraham Mazel had a prophecy and, with Esprit Séguier, they invited the Protestants to the insurrection in order to to freely live their faith. Abraham Mazel will be killed. Fathers of families and young men go to fight for their religion and freedom of thought.
The Huguenots, who are mostly peasants without military training, will fight against the royal armies with a strong religious conviction and led by leaders, the best known of which is Jean Cavalier, son of a baker . Although they are outnumbered by their enemies, the Camisards do not hesitate to rush at them while singing Psalm 68, says the psalm of battles:"May God only show himself..."
Faced with this unusual determination, the king's soldiers lose all organization, and the resistance they face causes considerable losses. The fighting will last two long years, until 1704, when Cavalier capitulates.