"Beyond the Border" sets the lives and work of Huguenot goldsmiths in the context of the different societies in which they lived and worked. Distinguished international scholars explore the contributions of individual goldsmiths in France during times of tolerance of the Protestant religion in the 16th and 17th centuries. They explain how protestant craftsmen dominated regional centers but found establishing a presence in the metropolis more challenging. From benefiting from ambitious patronage from noble and professional clients in the English-speaking world to the influence the Louis XIV...