Thirteenth Century
Continuation of the Preceding Persecution, A. D. 1283
Mellinus writes that "A. D. 1283, the Waldenses had again greatly increased in France, as also in other countries throughout Christendom, notwithstanding they had been very cruelly sought out and persecuted up to this time." In the second book of the History of the Persecutions, fol. 470, col. 3, from high cer, Hist. Eccl., A. D. 1283.