The Waldensian Dissent - Persecution and Survival, C.1170 C.1570

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

List of contents

List of maps; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. 1170-1215: decisive and purposive origins; 2. The thirteenth century: the need to adapt; 3. The fourteenth century: the challenge of believing differently; 4. The fifteenth century: the risks of longevity; 5. The constraints of a life in hiding; 6. The need to organise; 7. A culture of their own: the written and the spoken word; 8. The sixteenth century: the end as a way forward?; 9. Epilogue: the Waldensian Church; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Gabriel Audisio
• Assisted by: Claire Davison (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.12.2011
• EAN: 9780521550291
• ISBN: 978-0-521-55029-1
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 491 g
• Series: Cambridge Medieval Textbooks (; Cambridge Medieval Textbooks (
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works