| Piedmontese Easter | |||||
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| Part of the Savoyard–Waldensian Wars | |||||
 Savoyard troops torture a Waldensian woman during the Piedmontese Easter. 1658 image. | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Duchy of Savoy |
 Waldensian rebels | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
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Charles Emmanuel II |
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The Piedmontese Easter (Italian: Pasque piemontesi, French: Pâques piémontaises or Pâques vaudoises) was a series of massacres on Waldensians (also known as Waldenses or Vaudois) by Savoyard troops in the Duchy of Savoy in 1655.[2][3]
- ^ a b c Lovisa, Barbro (1994). Italienische Waldenser und das protestantische Deutschland 1655 bis 1989 (in German). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. pp. 30–31. ISBN 9783525565391. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ^ MacCulloch, Diarmaid (2004). Reformation: Europe's House Divided 1490-1700. Penguin UK. pp. 733–735. ISBN 9780141926605. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ H. H. Bolhuis (1 November 1986). "De geschiedenis der Waldenzen. Uit de diepte naar de hoogte". Protestants Nederland (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 February 2018.