History of the Waldenses

About this eBook

Author

Wylie, J. A. (James Aitken), 1808-1890

Original Publication

London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1880.

Credits

Carol Brown, Brian Wilson, MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

BX: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Churches, Church movements

Subject

Waldenses

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 74084

Release Date

July 20, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.HISTORY — WALDENSES.
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.CONTENTS.
6. 6.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
7. 7.CHAPTER I. — THE WALDENSES—THEIR VALLEYS.
8. 8.CHAPTER II. — THE WALDENSES—THEIR MISSIONS AND MARTYRDOMS.
9. 9.CHAPTER III. — FIRST PERSECUTIONS OF THE WALDENSES.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. — CATANEO’S EXPEDITION (1488) AGAINST THE DAUPHINESE AND PIEDMONTESE CONFESSORS.
11. 11.CHAPTER V. — FAILURE OF CATANEO’S EXPEDITION.
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. — SYNOD IN THE WALDENSIAN VALLEYS.
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. — PERSECUTIONS AND MARTYRDOMS.
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. — PREPARATIONS FOR A WAR OF EXTERMINATION.
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. — THE GREAT CAMPAIGN OF 1561.
16. 16.CHAPTER X. — WALDENSIAN COLONIES IN CALABRIA AND APULIA.
17. 17.CHAPTER XI. — EXTINCTION OF WALDENSES IN CALABRIA.
18. 18.CHAPTER XII. — THE YEAR OF THE PLAGUE.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII. — THE GREAT MASSACRE.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV. — EXPLOITS OF GIANAVELLO—​MASSACRE AND PILLAGE OF RORA.
21. 21.CHAPTER XV. — THE EXILE.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI. — RETURN TO THE VALLEYS.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII. — FINAL RE-ESTABLISHMENT IN THE VALLEYS.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII. — CONDITION OF THE WALDENSES FROM 1690.
25. 25.FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.Advertisements
27. 27.Transcriber’s Note:

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