The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, the du Moulin Connection and the Location of the Church of England in the the Later Seventeenth Century

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (DNB), as published in September 2004, contains nearly 9,500 mentions of the word France. Even more than its late nineteenth century predecessor, the DNB, it includes hundreds of people born there. The old dictionary was generous in its inclusion of nonnative people. Statistics aside, compared to its predecessor the Oxford DNB also sees a qualitative increase in coverage, which in its turn illuminates Huguenot lives. The dictionary benefits from much greater precision with regard to foreign sources and foreign placenames; its 10,000 contributors have been drawn from around the world and some have appropriately international expertise. After the Restoration Lewis's moderation became obscured as he and others reacted to the changed political situation. According to the posthumous The Last Words of Lewis du Moulin, on his deathbed Lewis repented of his bitterness and retracted criticism of Church of England clergy.