The Waldensian dissent: persecution and survival, c. 1170-c. 1570

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...

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Beteilige Person: Audisio, Gabriel (VerfasserIn)
Weitere beteiligte Personen: Davison, Claire (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1999
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge medieval textbooks
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139163934
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139163934
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139163934
Zusammenfassung: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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Umfang:1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages)
ISBN:9781139163934
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139163934