Women in a Medieval Heretical Sect: Agnes and Huguette the Waldensians

by Shulamith Shahar

Women Waldensians have been almost written out of studies of the heretical sect, but are here shown to have played a full role within it, regardless of gender.

Agnes and Huguette were two Waldensian women who were interrogated by the inquisitional court of Pamiers, in southern France, in 1319 and subsequently burnt at the stake for their heretical beliefs. Shahar uses the records of their inquisition as a basis for an examination of the Waldensian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851158153
• ISBN13: 9780851158150
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.6"