This book provides the first full single-volume scholarly account
in English of the "Waldenses" and examination of the concept of
"Waldensianism" from the late 12th century to the Reformation.
"Waldenses" is the name given to diverse and widely-scattered
groups of religious dissenters since the time of the movement's
reputed founder, a rich citizen of Lyon called Valdesius, in the
late twelfth century. Though living within the culture of the
Catholic Church, these people doubted the holiness of its
priesthood and questioned its teachings about the destiny of souls
after death.
The various strands of this movement emerged and endured over a
long period of time. In consequence some earlier historians
assumed, rather than demonstrated, that 'Waldensian' heresy
remained one coherent phenomenon throughout its life-span. They
also tended to neglect some of the transient or 'untypical' aspects
of the movement.
This new book draws on primary sources to consider each of the
manifestations of the movement in turn. It examines connections in
space and time through correspondence and tradition between the
different groups of Waldenses. It also asks what were the common
threads in certain characteristics of religious practice, linking
in differing degrees all the forms that the movement took.
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