ID - 77899796 TI - The Waldensian dissent : persecution and survival, c. 1170-c. 1570 AU - Audisio, Gabriel AU - Davison, Claire PY - 1999 SN - 0511053207 1139163930 051115061X 0511017189 9780511017186 0511037961 9780511037962 0521550297 9780521550291 0521559847 9780521559843 9781139163934 9780511053207 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Waldenses. KW - Valdenses KW - Valdenští KW - Valdesi KW - Vallenses KW - Vaudois KW - Waldensians KW - Christian sects KW - Humiliati KW - Christian church history KW - anno 1200-1499 KW - anno 1100-1199 KW - anno 1500-1599 KW - Arts and Humanities KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77899796 AB - 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. ER -