STC373663 Swiss envoys before Cromwell, illustration from \'Hutchinson\'s Story of the British Nation\', c.1923 (litho) by Kemp Tebby, Arthur (fl.c.1883-1928); Private Collection; (add.info.: Swiss envoys appealing to Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) for help for the Waldenses (Vaudois); The Waldensians (also known variously as Waldenses , Vallenses, Valdesi or Vaudois) are a Christian movement and religious cultural group which originated in Lyons in the late 1170s; The Poor Men of Lyons; Peter Waldo preaching apostolic poverty as the way to perfection; in conflict with the Roman Catholic Church which declared them heretical; in 16th century embraced Protestant Reformation; ); The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright.