The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont/Chapter 10
CHAPTER X.
The Slaughtered Church.
The persecutions of the Propaganda, and the slaughter of the inhabitants of the Vaudois valleys by the armies of France and Piedmont.
IN 1637 the short reign of Victor Amadeus I. terminated with his life, and the Duchess Christina, sister of Louis xiii., was nominated regent during the minority of her son, Charles Emmanuel ii. Unlike her relative the good Princess Margaret, Christina evinced from the first a spirit of persecution against her Vaudois subjects. Nothing seems to have softened the heart of this cruel bigot. Even when the men of the valleys, ever ready in the defence of their lawful sovereigns, espoused the cause of her son, of whom the guardianship was disputed by his uncles, and took up arms in his defence, she showed neither gratitude nor compunction. One sentence had gone out against them, which no services on Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/168 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/169 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/170 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/171 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/172 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/173 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/174 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/175 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/176 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/177 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/178 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/179 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/180 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/181 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/182 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/183 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/184 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/185 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/186 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/187 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/188 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/189 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/190 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/191 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/192 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/193 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/194 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/195