Thirteenth Century
Continuation of the Preceding Persecution, in the Year 1283
Mellinus writes that "In the year 1283, the Waldenses had again greatly increased in France, as well as in other countries throughout Christendom, even though up to this time they had been very cruelly sought out and persecuted." In the second book of the History of the Persecutions, folio 470, column 3, from Vignier, Hist. Eccl., in the year 1283.