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Yet, French protestantism remained the faith only of a minority. The French Reformation seemed well-placed to succeed: there was a vigorous pre-reform movement, an apparent welcome for the work of French-speaking reformers in many quarters despite severe persecution, and the beginnings of a powerful and well-organized church structure. This book seeks to understand this apparent contradiction and to explain why protestantism failed to take hold in France.