Preachers by night : : the Waldensian Barbes, 15th-16th centuries / / by Gabriel Audisio ; translated by Claire Davison.

• Author: Audisio, Gabriel.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2007.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, v. 118; Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions 118.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction The Way Ahead /; Chapter One. The Dawn Of A Sect /; Chapter Two. The Poor Of Christ /; Chapter Three. “Die Brüder” /; Chapter Four. The Time Of The Barbes /; Chapter Fivea. Company /; Chapter Six. The Barbes’ Way Of Life /; Chapter Seventhe. Mission /; Chapter Eight. When The Waldensians Spoke Of The Barbes /; Chapter Nine. Twilight /; Chapter Ten. And The Barbes Were No More . . . /; Conclusion The End Of The Path? /; Bibliography /; Index Of Names /; Index Of Places /; Index Of Authors Cited /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-252) and indexes.
• ISBN: 128145771X; 9786611457716; 9047411315
• ISSN: 1573-4188
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Gabriel Audisio ; translated by Claire Davison.

First inspired by Vaudes in around 1170, the Waldensians formed a religious dissent which survived into the sixteenth century. Respecting the Gospel to the letter, their rejection of oaths, falsehood, the death penalty, purgatory and the intercession of saints marginalized them in the society of the times. Their survival depended on their will to adapt. Organisation became necessary to withstand the pressures of time and space as their community extended across Europe (France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Bohemia, Poland). Preachers, called “barbes” in the diaspora’s Romance wing, embodied the ideal lifestyle and unity of their community. This is the story and history of those preachers – celibate, arduous, pious men whose itinerant mission it was to maintain a clandestine but vehement faith.