Waldenses

Euan Cameron is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is author of The European Reformation (1991) and editor of Early Modern Europe: An Oxford History (1999) and has published a number of journal articles on heresy and the Reformation. His first book on Waldensian heresy, The Reformation of the Heretics, was published in 1984.

"... exemplary in its clarity and comprehensiveness and will easily count as the standard treatment in the subject for years to come." Times Literary Supplement "[Cameron's] command of the difficult and controversial evidence is masterly throughout this study, and his grasp of the ideas which formed the movement, and the different approaches of the new Protestantism, is outstanding. This book will provide a starting-point for future study of the Waldenses." Journal of Theological Studies "A scholarly account ranging from the late twelfth century to the Reformation..." Missiology: An International Review "Waldenses is a lucid, nuanced, and intelligent assesment of the history of this diverse group of medieval dissenters.... Cameron's assesments are penetraing and sound... [the book] should find its way onto the bookshelves of many scholars and students interested in medieval religious cultures." Shannon McSheffrey, Concordia University

• List of Plates viiiList of Maps ixPreface xIntroduction 1Waldenses and the Catholic Church 2The Changing Shape of the Sources 3Some Questions Arising 5Part I The First Phase1 Before Heresy: Valdesius and the Poor Brethren at Lyon to 1184 112 Disobedient Preachers, 1184-c.1210 233 The Lombard ‘Poor in Spirit’, c.1205-1240 364 The Reconciliations with Rome, 1208-1212 49Part II The Age of Inquisition, Thirteenth to fifteenth CenturiesIntroduction: The impact of Organized Inquisitorial Activity 635 Waldenses in Occitan France, c.1220-1320 706 Germany and Eastern Europe 967 The Southwestern Alps 151Part III The Alpine Waldenses Confront the ReformationIntroduction: The End of Heresy? 2098 The Alpine Barbes and their Culture, c.1520-1530 2119 The Encounters of 1530-1532 and their Outcomes 23210 Calvin’s Geneva takes over in Piedmont, 1555-1565 264Epilogue: The Waldenses as Persecuted Martyrs and the ‘True Church’ 285Conclusions and Reflections 297Bibliography 304Index 319