The country of the Vaudois is the material basis of their history; and the sublime points of their scenery join in, as it were, with the sublime passages of their nation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge] Reference

After this the Vaudois proceeded through the pass of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

Adjoining are the Vaudois schools, and behind, at 15 Via Pio.    From Wordnik.com.  [The South of France—East Half] Reference

Finding this, the Vaudois betook themselves to the summit of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

So the Vaudois betake themselves to united prayer for guidance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

Vaudois, although weakened by divisions, and lacking such leaders as.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

Venice alone contained six thousand Vaudois, it is said, at this time.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

Vaudois were now in three divisions; the larger part in the valley of San.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

Do you not recognize in it the plague of the Albigeois and of the Vaudois?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

The monks renewed their old game of kidnapping the children of the Vaudois.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

After a few days the Vaudois, who had fled to the woods, were hunted by dogs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

The year 1488 marks an era of suffering for the Vaudois and of infamy to Rome.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

Vaudois while fighting against them, undertook the task of harassing the valleys.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

Vaudois had to endure a severe contest, for which they prepared themselves by prayer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

By this terrible plague some ten thousand of the Vaudois perished, including twelve pastors.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

The monks of Pinerolo signalized themselves by the ardour with which they harassed the Vaudois.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

Vaudois looked out upon the glare of the enemy's camp fires their hearts almost sank within them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

During the winter months messages were sent to induce the Vaudois to withdraw from their native land.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

These troops, 12,000 in number, drove back the Vaudois to Bobbio, and threatened to exterminate them all.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

The very superiority of the Vaudois to their neighbours attracted attention to their religious peculiarities.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

Accordingly the Vaudois consented to receive the soldiers into their houses and to entertain them as friends.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

After descending the precipitous sides of Mont Guignivert, the Vaudois directed their steps southward towards Salse.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

Their name is supposed to be derived from “valle densa,” contracted into Vallenses, Valdenses, and finally Vaudois.    From Wordnik.com.  [The South of France—East Half] Reference

Indeed, during this siege fifty of the Piedmontese soldiers were slain by the Vaudois, with only a loss of two by the defenders.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

Hence the Vaudois put to death the guard on the Alps of the Pis, and at Balsille; this was the greatest number they did so treat.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

The first serious persecution of the Italian Vaudois was begun at the instigation of Yolande, sister of Louis XI and wife of Amadée IX.    From Wordnik.com.  [The South of France—East Half] Reference

Still they were in great danger, for a portion of the enemy had got to the rear of the Vaudois, and so they were exposed from both sides.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

Piedmontese soldiers were able to cover the mountains with troops they retaliated by setting on fire the Vaudois asylum at Serre de Cruel.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

The Vaudois inhabited originally not only the valleys on the E. side of the Alps but also those of Louise, Embrun, and Barcelonnette on the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The South of France—East Half] Reference

The last piece of opposition to the desire of the Vaudois and their friends was made by a man whose name remained as the living incarnation of the former régime, the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference

Waldenses, Vaudois, and Valdesi all refer to the place of their abode, and not to that of any individual whose opinions they had embraced, or whose leadership they had followed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference