A companion to the Waldenses in the Middle Ages
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A companion to the Waldenses in the Middle Ages
（Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, v. 103）
Brill, c2022
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The medieval dissenters known as 'Waldenses', named after their first founder, Valdes of Lyons, have long attracted careful scholarly study, especially from specialists writing in Italian, French and German. Waldenses were found across continental Europe, from Aragon to the Baltic and East-Central Europe. They were long-lived, resilient, and diverse. They lived in a special relationship with the prevailing Catholic culture, making use of the Church's services but challenging its claims.
Many Waldenses are known mostly, or only, because of the punitive measures taken by inquisitors and the Church hierarchy against them. This volume brings for the first time a wide-ranging, multi-authored interpretation of the medieval Waldenses to an English-language readership, across Europe and over the four centuries until the Reformation.
Contributors: Marina Benedetti, Peter Biller, Luciana Borghi Cedrini, Euan Cameron, Jacques Chiffoleau, Albert de Lange, Andrea Giraudo, Franck Mercier, Grado Giovanni Merlo, Georg Modestin, Martine Ostorero, Damian J. Smith, Claire Taylor, and Kathrin Utz Tremp.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Maps
Abbreviations Used in the Notes
Note on Contributors
Introduction
Marina Benedetti and Euan Cameron
Part 1
From Lyons to Europe
Section 1
Origins and Early Diffusion (12th-13th Centuries)
1 Valdo (or Valdesius) of Lyons and the Poor in Spirit
Grado Giovanni Merlo
2 A Presence in Languedoc (12th-13th Centuries)
Claire Taylor
3 The Early Waldenses and the Catholic Poor in the Crown of Aragon (12th-13th Centuries)
Damian J . Smith
4 Religious Dissidence and Political Struggles in the Rhone Valley (13th Century)
Jacques Chiffoleau
Section 2
Germany (13th-14th Centuries)
5 Was Austria a Waldensian Heartland?
Albert de Lange
6 Waldenses in Bohemia, 13th-16th Centuries
Albert de Lange
7 Waldenses by the Baltic
Peter Biller
8 Western Germany Including Strasbourg
Georg Modestin
9 Freiburg-in-Uechtland
Kathrin Utz Tremp
Section 3
Piedmont, Provence and Dauphin e (14th-16th Centuries)
10 Who Were the Waldenses in Fourteenth-Century Piedmont?
Grado Giovanni Merlo
11 Provence (14th-15th Century)
Jacques Chiffoleau
12 The Dauphine (13th-14th Century)
Euan Cameron
13 The Dauphine (15th-16th Century)
Marina Benedetti
Part 2
Themes in Waldensian History
14 On the Road: The Alpine Itinerant Preachers
Marina Benedetti
15 Women: A Silent Presence?
Marina Benedetti
16 Inquisitors' Interrogations of Waldenses
Peter Biller
17 The 'Waldensian Sect': Heresy and Witchcraft
Franck Mercier and Martine Ostorero
18 Helping the Poor and Healing the Sick
Peter Biller
19 1488: A Forgotten Crusade
Marina Benedetti
20 Ancient Waldensian Literature
Luciana Borghi Cedrini and Andrea Giraudo
21 The Emigre Communities in Calabria and Apulia
Euan Cameron
22 From the Reformation to the Past: Historical Perceptions of the Medieval Waldenses in Protestantism
Euan Cameron
Index
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