Antoine Court

Antoine Court (27 March 1696 – 13 June 1760) was a French reformer called the "Restorer of Protestantism in France."

[1] His parents were peasants, adherents of the Reformed church, which was at the time a target of state persecution following the 1685 Edict of Fontainebleau.

[2] His proposals for the improvement of the French Protestant church were:[citation needed] In 1724, France issued a decree that further criminalized Protestantism, and made preaching punishable by death.

[3] A price was set on Court's head, and in 1729 he fled to Lausanne, Switzerland, where there was a seminary for Protestant clergyman.

[citation needed] Court intended to write a history of Protestantism and made extensive collections for the purpose, but he did not live to do the work.