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The Waldensian Dissent: Persecution and Survival, c.1170-c.1570 (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks) Paperback – 21 Aug. 2008

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The Poor of Lyons, whom their detractors called 'Waldensians' - after the name of their founder Waldo (or Vaudès) - first emerged around 1170 and formed in common with other groups of the period a sect which embraced evangelism, prophecy and poverty. By challenging their prohibition by the lay clergy, and by following the Scripture to the last letter, they suffered excommunication and were condemned as heretics. Forced underground and dispersed widely, they nevertheless managed to maintain contact across Europe, through an established network of itinerant preachers, in Provence and Dauphiné, Calabria and Piedmont, Austria and Bohemia, Pomerania, Brandenburg, Silesia and beyond. The Poor of Lyons constituted the only medieval heresy to have survived to the dawn of the so-called 'modern' period. Their tale of simple devotion mixed with a fierce tenacity serves to illuminate aspects of religious belief that have persisted to the present day. This book was first published in 1999.
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  1. ISBN-10
    1434474852
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0521559843
  3. Publisher
    Cambridge University Press
  4. Publication date
    21 Aug. 2008
  5. Part of series
    Cambridge Medieval Textbooks
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    13.97 x 1.6 x 21.59 cm
  8. Print length
    252 pages
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'This text should be welcomed by all those historians ... who have up to now lacked a comprehensive and worthwhile text for the study of Waldensians.' Caterina Bruschi, Boekbeoordelingen

'Audisio has written a thoroughly competent introduction to the movement.' The Heythrop Journal

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A short 1999 history of the Waldensians, a twelfth-century heretical movement in France, and of its persistence until the sixteenth century.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0521559847
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press (21 Aug. 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 252 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1434474852
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0521559843
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 1.6 x 21.59 cm
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