THE WALDENSE8. jgo Mcal throne m 1370, his attention was early directed to the de- Lyonnais. The whole region was fuU of Waldenses, and many nobles were now beginning to embra<,e the heresy. The prelates were powerless or negUgent, and the Inquisition ineffective He ZJl7rJ^ ^'gorously, appointing inquisitors and stimulating their eal, but the whole system by this time was so discredited that his assigned to them m which to conduct their operations : they were forced to permit secular judges to act as assessors with hem"^ the" proceedings were submitted for revision to the secular com- s and TrseclrTr? T T "'^^^*^' ^^'^^^"^^ consultmT^h m I be secular officials refused to take oaths to purge the tand of heresy and openly protected heretics, especia'l/ notes when prosecutions were commenced against them * b„t?o m7 '^"^^ ««'"Pl^i^ed of this to Charles le Sage in 1373 but to httle purpose at first. The evil continued unabated and in 1375 he returned to the charge still more vigorously ^;"^;: was left unturned. Not only was the king requested to send a special deputy to the infected district, but the poV wrte d "ecth to the royal heutenant, Charles de BanviUe reDroachinl i? . his protection of heretics, and threatening hlTfirdS h>s ways. Certain nobles who had becom! consjicuou as tZ' of heresy were significantly reminded of the fate of Ea™"" TouW; the prelates were scolded and stimulated; 2 edeo o Savoy was summoned to assist, and the Tarantaise ;as added to the district of Provence that nothing might interfere l^ 1,7.1 jected campaign. As the spread of Lefy wl^t^^^^^^^^ r S Do "'"' : '"'1""°'- ^^'^^ -P-'-ed to call in the services of Domimcans, Franciscans, Carmelites, and Augustiiln. to spread over the land^nd^eachthepeo^^ truths o'^L^Lm bard, Pie re Vall ei Xla 'n' '"'■ ^°- ^-^°- 23-7. ^"^"'^ "^" BnanpoBnais, Genfeve, 1880, pp. 17, oq,
- Raynald, ann. 1373, No. 34 ; ann. 1373, No. 19.
