As one starts to read about the Waldenses, you will sooner or later come across mention of this book. The History of the Evangelical Churches of the Valleys of Piedmont, by Samuel Morland 1658. The writing is in the older Elizabethean style, the same as the original 1611 King James Bible.
I will be adding to this post later, with notable mentions, but it is full of accounts of who the Waldenses were and what they believed. In short - salvation by faith alone and believers baptism, long before the reformation ever started.
I found a used hardcover version on ebay and it. It's a 1982 reprint of the original 1658 edition. If you have read "The Trail of Blood", this is something I would recommend as well. I doubt if I read the entire thing from front to back, but sections at a time.
Fold-out map of the valleys of the Piemont that was in the front of the book I found. This area is in northern Italy. History is what you know, heritage is what you keep...and we are loosing ours fast.
You can also find a PDF copy of this book, which typically contains two volumes - on archive.org here:
https://archive.org/details/historyofevangel00morl
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