History of the Waldenses: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time |
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Page 79
... force so superior , the peasants , with their wives and children , and the whole po- pulation , retired to their ... forces of their sovereign . On THE WALDENSES . 79.
... force so superior , the peasants , with their wives and children , and the whole po- pulation , retired to their ... forces of their sovereign . On THE WALDENSES . 79.
Page 127
... force , but a well - appointed army , with which they had now to contend . The rocky and barren district of San Martino afforded them no resources ; the defiles that led into the more fertile valleys were in the hands of the enemy ...
... force , but a well - appointed army , with which they had now to contend . The rocky and barren district of San Martino afforded them no resources ; the defiles that led into the more fertile valleys were in the hands of the enemy ...
Page 129
... forces commenced their at- tack . Scarcely a single day passed without an engagement taking place , in which the besieged proved uniformly victorious ; while , from the nature of the place , and the terror which the Vaudois arms struck ...
... forces commenced their at- tack . Scarcely a single day passed without an engagement taking place , in which the besieged proved uniformly victorious ; while , from the nature of the place , and the terror which the Vaudois arms struck ...
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afflicted Albigenses amidst Angrogna arms Arnaud attack Balsille banishing barbarities beseech besieged Beziers Bishop blood Carcassone castle Cathari Charles Emanuel Christ Christian Claudius Claudius of Turin commanded Count Count of Foix cruel cruelty crusaders death defend Divine Providence doctrines dominions dreadful Duke of Savoy Earl of Montfort edict endeavouring enemies England faith fathers favour flames fled force French hands hath heresy heretics holy honour horrid horror hundred inhabitants Innocent inquisitors King of France legate length Lord Martino massacre monks mountains multitudes native neighbours obliged Papal Paterines perished persecution persons Piedmontese Pignerol places poor Pope Popish army prince prisoners Protestant Provence Raymond Roger religion rendered Roman Catholic Rome Romish church royal highness says Scripture sent sovereign subjects sufferings sword thousand tion took Torre Toulouse troops truth Turin valley of Lucerna valleys of Pied valleys of Piedmont Vaudois Victor Amadeus Waldenses worship