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[email protected] FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES PROGRESSIVE PROTESTANTS: REPRESENTATION AND REMEMBRANCE IN FRANCE, 1685-1815 By BRYAN BANKS A Dissertation submitted to the Department of History in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Degree Awarded: Fall Semester, 2014 Bryan Banks defended this dissertation on October 3, 2014. The members of the supervisory committee were: Darrin M. McMahon Professor Directing Dissertation Amanda Porterfield University Representative Rafe Blaufarb Committee Member George S. Williamson Committee Member François Dupuigrenet-Desroussilles Committee Member The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members, and certifies that the dissertation has been approved in accordance with university requirements. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Since this dissertation questions the changing and capacious meaning of a word, a concept, and an identity, I would like to begin these acknowledgements in a similar way, albeit for a different term. While authorship today implies independent creation, many historians have questioned the autonomy of the author. The acknowledgements section of any work evidences the dependent nature of such an endeavor. While I may be the “author” of this dissertation, this in no way implies that I am independently responsible for everything that follows. Financial, academic, and moral support have made this dissertation possible just as much as my own drive. In the process of researching and writing this dissertation, I have benefitted from the support of many institutions.