{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-waldenses-in-the-middle-ages-9789004410886","title":"A Companion to the Waldenses in the Middle Ages","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe medieval dissenters known as ‘Waldenses’, named after their first founder, Valdes of Lyons, have long attracted careful scholarly study, especially from specialists writing in Italian, French and German. Waldenses were found across continental Europe, from Aragon to the Baltic and East-Central Europe. They were long-lived, resilient, and diverse. They lived in a special relationship with the prevailing Catholic culture, making use of the Church’s services but challenging its claims.     Many Waldenses are known mostly, or only, because of the punitive measures taken by inquisitors and the Church hierarchy against them. This volume brings for the first time a wide-ranging, multi-authored interpretation of the medieval Waldenses to an English-language readership, across Europe and over the four centuries until the Reformation.      Contributors: Marina Benedetti, Peter Biller, Luciana Borghi Cedrini, Euan Cameron, Jacques Chiffoleau, Albert de Lange, Andrea Giraudo, Franck Mercier, Grado Giovanni Merlo, Georg Modestin, Martine Ostorero, Damian J. Smith, Claire Taylor, and Kathrin Utz Tremp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements   List of Maps   Abbreviations Used in the Notes   Note on Contributors   Introduction  Marina Benedetti and Euan Cameron    Part 1  From Lyons to Europe   Section 1  Origins and Early Diffusion (12th–13th Centuries)   1 Valdo (or Valdesius) of Lyons and the Poor in Spirit    Grado Giovanni Merlo    2 A Presence in Languedoc (12th–13th Centuries)    Claire Taylor    3 The Early Waldenses and the Catholic Poor in the Crown of Aragon (12th–13th Centuries)    Damian J. Smith    4 Religious Dissidence and Political Struggles in the Rhone Valley (13th Century)    Jacques Chiffoleau    Section 2  Germany (13th–14th Centuries)   5 Was Austria a Waldensian Heartland?    Albert de Lange    6 Waldenses in Bohemia, 13th‒16th Centuries    Albert de Lange    7 Waldenses by the Baltic    Peter Biller    8 Western Germany Including Strasbourg    Georg Modestin    9 Freiburg-in-Uechtland    Kathrin Utz Tremp    Section 3  Piedmont, Provence and Dauphiné (14th–16th Centuries)   10 Who Were the Waldenses in Fourteenth-Century Piedmont?    Grado Giovanni Merlo    11 Provence (14th–15th Century)    Jacques Chiffoleau    12 The Dauphiné (13th–14th Century)    Euan Cameron    13 The Dauphiné (15th–16th Century)    Marina Benedetti    Part 2  Themes in Waldensian History   14 On the Road: The Alpine Itinerant Preachers    Marina Benedetti    15 Women: A Silent Presence?    Marina Benedetti    16 Inquisitors’ Interrogations of Waldenses    Peter Biller    17 The ‘Waldensian Sect’: Heresy and Witchcraft    Franck Mercier and Martine Ostorero    18 Helping the Poor and Healing the Sick    Peter Biller    19 1488: A Forgotten Crusade    Marina Benedetti    20 Ancient Waldensian Literature    Luciana Borghi Cedrini and Andrea Giraudo    21 The Émigré Communities in Calabria and Apulia    Euan Cameron    22 From the Reformation to the Past: Historical Perceptions of the Medieval Waldenses in Protestantism    Euan Cameron    Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210782662999,"sku":"9789004410886","price":191.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-the-waldenses-in-the-middle-ages-9789004410886","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}