# Du Chayla — Travel Essays character guide

> Du Chayla in Travel Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Lamoignon de Bâvile—François de Langlade du Chayla

**First appearance:** 0054-the-country-of-the-camisards

## Who they are

The archpriest of the Cévennes whose persecution of Protestant peasants helped ignite the Camisard rebellion, he haunts the region's history.

## Relationships

### [The Judge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/characters/the_judge)

_professional_

Du Chayla and The Judge interact in a legal or judicial context, likely as prosecutor and magistrate.

### [The Priest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/characters/the_priest)

_professional_

Du Chayla and The Priest collaborate in religious or administrative matters.

### [The Camisards](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/characters/the_camisards)

_rivalry_

Du Chayla is a direct enemy of the Camisards, leading efforts to suppress them.

### [The Judge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/characters/the_judge)

_professional_

Du Chayla and The Judge interact in a legal or judicial context, likely as prosecutor and magistrate.

### [The Camisards](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/characters/the_camisards)

_rivalry_

Du Chayla is a direct enemy of the Camisards, leading efforts to suppress them.

## In the story

### [The Country of the Camisards](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-country-of-the-camisards)

François de Langlade du Chayla, the Archpriest of the Cévennes, whose persecution of Protestants sparked the Camisard war; his house in Pont de Montvert served as a prison.

### [Pont de Montvert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/pont-de-montvert)

The Archpriest of the Cévennes and Inspector of Missions, a persecutor of Protestants who was killed by the Camisards in Pont de Montvert.

### [In the Valley of the Mimente](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/in-the-valley-of-the-mimente)

Referenced as Bâvile in the narrator's thoughts on persecution and the resilience of Protestantism in the Cévennes.

### [The Last Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-last-day)

The Christian martyr whose body, pierced with fifty-two wounds, was interred in the church at St. Germain de Calberte.

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