Introduction
The Waldensian Church is the only Protestant church, which goes directly back to a heretical movement from the high Middle Ages. For that reason thousands of books have been published on the theology and history of the Waldensians. In 1953 Augusto Armand Hugon and Giovanni Gonnet compiled an extensive Bibliografia valdese. Now over fifty years old, this bibliography is to be replaced by a new, updated internet-bibliography, started in 2004. This new bibliography is interactive. Besides bibliographical data, the user also has the opportunity to insert additional items and to improve or supplement an existing item. The site www.bibliografia-valdese.com is a joint project of the Foundation Centro Culturale Valdese in Torre Pellice, the Società di Studi Valdesi in Torre Pellice and the Reformierter Bund in Deutschland in Hannover. It has financial support from the Regione Piemonte (L.R. 25/98) and the Tavola Valdese (projects financed under the 0.8% tax contribution scheme). The Reformierter Bund in Deutschland will be responsible for web design and maintenance. Manager of the Centro Culturale Valdese, Torre Pellice: Donatella Sommani (direzione@fondazionevaldese.org) LinksCentro Culturale Valdese: www.fondazionevaldese.org
Catalogo antiquario "I Valdesi"il nostro nuovo catalogo monografico "I Valdesi, cinque secoli di storia del Cordialmente, Galleria Gilibert
Rare Waldensian books on microfiche
IDC Publishers, the Netherlands, has released a microfiche collection of 200 rare titles concerning the Waldenses. They have carefully been selected by Dr. Albert de Lange. The titles have been brought together from 28 libraries in seven countries, both in Europe and North America. Most of the titles have been filmed from the rich holdings of the Biblioteca della Società di Studi Valdesi in Torre Pellice and the Biblioteca Reale in Turin. Other contributing libraries include the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Dutch Royal Library, Cambridge University Library, and the Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Genève. The collection documents the historiography and polemic about the Waldenses between 1510 and 1712.
Apart from The Waldenses, IDC also issues a collection of Waldensian manuscripts from Trinity College, Dublin. This collection includes a Waldensian Bible from 1522 and several documents dealing with the examination and sentencing of Waldensian heretics.
All titles are available through the Waldensian Bibliography at this site. More information, including an introduction by Albert de Lange and a catalogue, can be found at www.idc.nl.
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The Waldensians go back to the merchant Valdes, in Lyon, who decided – supposedly in the year of 1173 – to live as Jesus asked his Apostles to do. In the 13th century the Waldensians expanded north of the Alps, but persecution hit them hard and in the 15th century they survived only in Southern Europe. The last remnants of the Waldensians joined the Reformation in 1532 and they founded their own small Calvinist church in 1559. After 1562 the Waldensians were pushed back to the Cottian Alps. Here they lived partly in French territory, partly in Piedmont. At the end of the 17th century the French Waldensians, persecuted by Louis XIV, sought refuge in Germany. After 1850 many Waldensian migrated, for economic reasons, from Piedmont to North and South America.