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Article: Preachers by Night: The Waldensian Barbes (15th-16th Centuries).(Book review)
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- Renaissance Quarterly
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- December 22, 2007
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Gabriel Audisio. Preachers by Night: The Waldensian Barbes (15th-16th Centuries).
Trans. Claire Davison. Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions 118. Leiden: Brill, 2007. xx + 258 pp. index. illus. map. bibl. $129. ISBN: 978-90-04-15454-4.
They came by night and set off again by night, seeking to evade detection as they ministered clandestinely to small enclaves of Waldensians, the Poor of Christ, in private houses and other humble venues of France, Provence, Italy, and Germany. They preached, heard confession, gave absolution, and imposed penances. They practiced celibacy and radical poverty, living off the hospitality and donations of their ...
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