Lecture Three - Migrations

Religiously motivated migration was a major consequence of the conflicts and ruptures wrought by the Reformations. This lecture analyses the movements of devout people who went into exile and sought refuge from persecution and discrimination by crossing borders and seas. It investigates the conscientious dilemmas linked with mobility, the emotional experience of physical dislocation from one’s homeland, and the mixture of compassion and prejudice with which displaced people were regarded in this period. The voluntary migrations of religious minorities and of those whose evangelical convictions incited them to undertake missionary enterprises are juxtaposed with the coerced movements associated with the processes of deportation, transportation, and enslavement.

This article was published on 2025-07-09