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This is the first one-volume scholarly account in English of the Waldenses - a movement comprising various forms of religious dissidence and self-expression that was founded in the late twelfth century.

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Author:   Euan Cameron
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9780631224976

ISBN 10:   0631224971
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   01 December 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Plates viii List of Maps ix Preface x Introduction 1 Waldenses and the Catholic Church 2 The Changing Shape of the Sources 3 Some Questions Arising 5 Part I The First Phase 1 Before Heresy: Valdesius and the Poor Brethren at Lyon to 1184 11 2 Disobedient Preachers, 1184-c.1210 23 3 The Lombard ‘Poor in Spirit’, c.1205-1240 36 4 The Reconciliations with Rome, 1208-1212 49 Part II The Age of Inquisition, Thirteenth to fifteenth Centuries Introduction: The impact of Organized Inquisitorial Activity 63 5 Waldenses in Occitan France, c.1220-1320 70 6 Germany and Eastern Europe 96 7 The Southwestern Alps 151 Part III The Alpine Waldenses Confront the Reformation Introduction: The End of Heresy? 209 8 The Alpine Barbes and their Culture, c.1520-1530 211 9 The Encounters of 1530-1532 and their Outcomes 232 10 Calvin’s Geneva takes over in Piedmont, 1555-1565 264 Epilogue: The Waldenses as Persecuted Martyrs and the ‘True Church’ 285 Conclusions and Reflections 297 Bibliography 304 Index 319

Reviews

"... exemplary in its clarity and comprehensiveness and will easily count as the standard treatment in the subject for years to come." Times Literary Supplement "[Cameron's] command of the difficult and controversial evidence is masterly throughout this study, and his grasp of the ideas which formed the movement, and the different approaches of the new Protestantism, is outstanding. This book will provide a starting-point for future study of the Waldenses." Journal of Theological Studies "A scholarly account ranging from the late twelfth century to the Reformation..." Missiology: An International Review "Waldenses is a lucid, nuanced, and intelligent assesment of the history of this diverse group of medieval dissenters.... Cameron's assesments are penetraing and sound... [the book] should find its way onto the bookshelves of many scholars and students interested in medieval religious cultures." Shannon McSheffrey, Concordia University

Author Information

Euan Cameron is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is author of The European Reformation (1991) and editor of Early Modern Europe: An Oxford History (1999) and has published a number of journal articles on heresy and the Reformation. His first book on Waldensian heresy, The Reformation of the Heretics, was published in 1984.

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