11.03.2019 Views

Protestantism in the Waldensian Valleys - James Aitken Wylie

  • No tags were found...

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

twenty years, but humane and wise, confirmed <strong>the</strong><br />

privileges and immunities of <strong>the</strong> Vaudois, and<br />

dismissed <strong>the</strong>m with his promise that <strong>the</strong>y should<br />

be unmolested <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> future. The Churches of <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>Valleys</strong> now enjoyed a short respite from<br />

persecution.<br />

Footnotes:<br />

1. Monastier, p. 130.<br />

2. Monastier, pp. 133,134.<br />

3. Monastier, p. 134.<br />

4. The Author was shown this pool when he<br />

visited <strong>the</strong> chasm. No one of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Valleys</strong> of <strong>the</strong><br />

Waldenses is more illustrated by <strong>the</strong> sad, yet<br />

glorious, scenes of <strong>the</strong>ir martyrdom than this<br />

Valley of Angrogna. Every rock <strong>in</strong> it has its<br />

story. As you pass through it you are shown<br />

<strong>the</strong> spot where young children were dashed<br />

aga<strong>in</strong>st <strong>the</strong> stones--<strong>the</strong> spot where men and<br />

women, stripped naked, were rolled up as<br />

balls, and precipitated down <strong>the</strong> mounta<strong>in</strong>, and<br />

where caught by <strong>the</strong> stump of tree, or<br />

project<strong>in</strong>g angle of rock, <strong>the</strong>y hung transfixed,<br />

54

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!