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Tempio Nuovo at Torre Pellice, photographed on 7 December 2011. This later church illustrates the community’s continuing public presence; it is not a medieval building or a picture of persecution.
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Europe / Faith

Waldensians: preaching, persecution and the limits of emancipation

From lay preaching in medieval Lyon to civil rights in Piedmont, Waldensian history connects religious conviction with changing institutions, exile, books and contested memories.

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