On the first day we moved around locally, nosing into small bays and coves, or calas as the locals call them. |
From 1762, he began to champion unjustly persecuted people, the case of Huguenot merchant Jean Calas being the most celebrated. |
The poor chevalier de La Barre subsequently joined Calas in the ranks of the Enlightenment's martyrs. |
In his native Paris, Voltaire was viewed as the defender of Jean Calas and Pierre Sirven. |