Note 208 — Chapter IV
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The street Marais-Saint-Germain was called petite Genève, because it was supposed to be largely inhabited by Protestants. It was selected because of its remoteness from the centre of Paris, and because it was partly under the jurisdiction of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and of the University—two corporations excessively jealous of the infringements of their rights of police. Cf. Athanase Cocquerel fils, “Histoire d’une rue de Paris,” in the Bulletin historique et littéraire de la Société de l’histoire du protestantisme français for 1866, pp. 185, 208.