The increasing interaction of the Waldenses with …
Years: 1541 - 1541
November
The increasing interaction of the Waldenses with the Protestant churches has brought the them to the attention of the authorities.
The Parlement of Provence issues the Arrêt de Mérindol on November 18, 1541, ordering the destruction of the villages of Lourmarin, Mérindol, and Cabriéres in the Luberon, because their inhabitants are Vaudois, of Italian Piedmontese origin, and are not considered sufficiently orthodox Catholics.
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- Protestant Reformation
- Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival)
- Italian War of 1542-6, or Italian War between Charles V and Francis I, Fourth
