The Waldensians
Subtitle: the first 800 years (1174-1974)
By: Giorgio Tourn ; translated from the Italian by Camillo P. Merlino ; Charles W. Arbuthnot, editor
Publisher: Claudiana; Distributed in North America by the American Waldensian Aid Society
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Torino; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Waldenses; History
Notes: Includes index of persons and places.

Translation of I Valdesi: la singolare vicenda di un popolo chiesa.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-238).
Table of contents: title: Part one: a Diaspora of Dissidents (1170-1530); title: Waldo and "the poor"; title: The years of crisis; title: In the Italy of the communes; title: Toward the Baltic; title: The Bastion of the Alps; title: The Waldensian-Hussite International; title: The reformation; title: Part two: the Protestant outpost (1530-1700); title: Revolution's hour; title: Scorched earth and massacre; title: The first war of religion; title: Reformation versus Counter-Reformation; title: A time of visitations; title: A springtime of blood; title: Exile; title: Repatriation; title: Part three: the Alpine ghetto (1700-1848); title: The ghetto is born; title: The revolution; title: Restoration; title: Part four: toward a new diaspora (1848-1976); title: Italy, my country; title: The Protestant fact; title: The new Italy; title: The year of Reconstruction.