Research Paper on:
World History and Ethnic Group Persecution

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and is something inexplicable, but there could be other reasons--or at least reasons that the people claim--as to why certain groups are hated. In exploring this topic, three groups will  be discussed and similarities and differences will be noted. The Huguenots in seventeenth century France, the Irish in nineteenth century Britain and the Jews in twentieth century Europe are each  groups that had been subjected to strife. First, during the seventeenth century, the Huguenots experienced prejudice, but it was a prejudice more to their beliefs than anything else. Politics  was integral to the subject however as a fervor in terms of religion had erupted. At this time, religion and politics was inextricable. In 1530, the Confession of Augsburg did  hand down the principle regarding religious homogeneity as a significant basis of political order and the Edict of Nantes in 1685, France did initiate the process of ethnic cleansing  (Bell-Fialkoff, 1993). Thousands of Protestant Huguenots left once they realized that they had no freedom of religion (1993). As such, the Confession could be considered the ideological cornerstone  in respect to modern cleansing, something that is a process in centralized, absolutist states which are capable of enforcing such "purity" (1993). The main reason why the Huguenots were unpopular  with the majority in France during the time period was because they were not of the "correct" religion. It was nothing personal. It was just that they were deemed wrong  in their outlook. Thus, they were treated harshly because the dominant society wanted to be rid of them. It is interesting to note, and along the same religious lines, that  the New Testament prophesied that persecution would come to true Christian believers and Calvin also provided a warning. Among great Calvinist heroes were those who had been exiled