Waldensians
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The Waldensians, also known as Waldenses, Vallenses, Valdesi, or Vaudois, are adherents of a church tradition that began as an ascetic movement within Western Christianity before the Reformation. Orig
Statue of Peter Waldo at the Luther Monument in Worms
Illustrations depicting Waldensians as witches in Le champion des dames, by Martin Le France, 1451
Piedmontese children forced from their parents
Massacre of the Mérindol Waldensians in 1545
Savoyard–Waldensian wars
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The Savoyard–Waldensian wars were a series of conflicts between the community of Waldensians and the Savoyard troops in the Duchy of Savoy from 1655 to 1690. The Piedmontese Easter in 1655 sparked the
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…Protestantism: with the Synod of Chanforan on 12 September 1532, they formally became a part of what was to become the Calvinist tradition. They were nearly annihilated in the seventeenth century. Congregations continue to be active in Europe (particularly in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy), South America, and North America. Organizations…
Burning of the Waldensians
A young woman, said by the artist to be Anna, the daughter of Giovanni Charboniere of La Torre, being impaled by Savoyan soldiers.
An 1895 portrait of Joshua Janavel.
Waldensian rebel commander Henri Arnaud led the Glorious Return.