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Unschuldige als Opfer der Rache gefallen, niemals gebilligt,
andererseits konnten und können billig denkende Protestanten das
arge Treiben der Prädicanten und reformirten Machthaber im Veltlin
und Umgebung ebensowenig gutheissen, denn dieses arge Treiben war
die erste und letzte Ursache der verzweifelten Selbsthülfe.” But Italian
Catholic writers (as Cantù) call it sacro macelio, a sacred slaughter!
ft247 The statuto fondamentale of Sardinia, which in 1870 was extended
over all Italy, declares the Roman Catholic Church to be the state
religion, but grants toleration to all other forms of worship. The
Waldenses have recently established preaching stations at Chiavenna
and other places of Upper Italy.
ft248 He is the hero of a drama by Arnold von Salis, and of a classical novel
by the Swiss poet, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (Jürg Jenatsch. Leipzig.
3d ed. 1882). A full biography of Jenatsch by Dr. E. Haffter is
announced.
ft249 It originally belonged to the Duchy of Milan, and was ceded to
Switzerland in 1512, together with Lugano and Domo d’Ossola. In
1803 it became, with Lugano and Bellinzona, one of the three capitals
of the Italian canton Ticino. In 1878 Bellinzona was declared the only
capital.
ft250 Meyer gives a complete list of members from the Archives of Zürich,
and two lists of those who emigrated to Zürich, vol. I. 511-515 and
521-525.
ft251 An account of it by Duno in a letter to Bullinger, and in the book De
persecutione. See Meyer, I. 190 sqq.
ft252 On the industry of the Italians in Zürich, see Meyer, II. 375-391.
ft253 See the correspondence of Zwingli, in his Opera, vols. VII. and VIII.
ft254 See VI. 718-721.
ft255 For the particulars of this case see Mörikofer, II. 146 sqq., and
Christoffel, I. 376 sq.
ft256 The Reislaufen, or running to war; reisig, in old German, means ready
for war (kriegsrüstig).
ft257 Christoffel, I. 382. Comp. § 7, p. 24.
ft258 The documents of these leagues are given by Bullinger, Hottinger, and
by Bluntschli, l.c. I. 303-305, 318 sq.; II. 238-255.