Persecution to the Death Against the Believing Waldenses, in the Year 1330

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Fourteenth Century

Persecution to the Death Against the Believing Waldenses, in the Year 1330

PERSECUTION TO THE DEATH AGAINST THE BELIEVING WALDENSES, IN BOHEMIA AND POLAND, IN WHICH ALSO ONE ECKHARD WAS BURNED FOR THE SAME FAITH, IN THE YEAR 1330

In the year 1330, the aforementioned persecution against the Waldensian brothers rose to its highest point in Bohemia and Poland; the following account of it is found in ancient histories: "In that year, in the year 1330, very many of those who adhered to the doctrine of the Waldenses were persecuted to the death and executed by the inquisitors in the kingdoms of Bohemia and Poland." In the large Book of Christian Martyrs, second part, folio 483.