ISBN: 9780217331920

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1853. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVIII. THE PLAGUE AND THE MONKS. 1829 -- 1G43. In 1629, the year after the famine, the poor inhabitants of the Vaudois valleys, who, having no harvests of their own, were in the habit of repairing to the rich domains of Piedmont, and giving their services in exchange for a certain quantity of corn, were deprived of this resource, by the popish priests, who, from the pulpits, forbade their congregations to employ a single protestant labourer, and even themselves menaced to kill any follower of the religion whom they should find in their fields. On the 23rd of August, of the same year, at eight in the morning, a formidable storm of rain, a complete waterspout, an absolute deluge, suddenly fell upon the Col Julian, and created an inundation on both sides of the mountain. The villages of Prali and Bobbio were so suddenly invaded by the torrent, that the inhabitants had scarcely time to escape, and many houses were utterly destroyed. In September, there came a wind of intense coldness, accompanied by a dry cloud or mist, and the chesnut crop was utterly annihilated; then there came a second inundation of rain, which destroyed all the grapes. On the 12th of that month, the Vaudois ministers assembled in solemn synod, in testimony of their fraternal union, little deeming that they would never again meet in this world, and that of those fifteen pastors two only would, ere a few months elapsed, survive their brethren. In 1630, a French army, placed, by cardinal Richelieu, under the command of three marshals of France, De Schomberg, De la Force, and De Crequi, to oppose the projects of Savoy on Montferrat, made its appearance in the Vaudois valleys. The Vaudois, having in vain appealed to the duke for succours, sent deputies to the marshal de la Force, who was ... Alexis Muston, Books, The Israel Of The Alps; A History Of The Persecutions Of The Waldenses Books, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 0217331920

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ISBN: 9780217331920

The Israel of the Alps A History of the Persecutions of the Waldenses Author :Alexis Muston 9780217331920 0217331920