Life for Reward

Starting in the twelfth century of our era, the O'Pierceys, who belonged to the royal court, were compelled to migrate to the European mainland when religious persecutions broke out in their native Ireland. In their country of adoption, they sought refuge among the Huguenots in South Eastern France at the time of relative religious peace brought about by the Edict of Nantes (1598-1685). In the wake of the revocation of this agreement, members of the family were arrested and incarcerated at the d