Note 932 — XXIII. THE HERESIES.

A collection of documents illustrating the history of this singular and powerful sect will be found in Baluze and Mansi III. 206 et seq.

How persistent and profound was the conviction which created the heresy is shown by its prolonged existence. Even as late as 1421 Martin V. found it necessary to issue a Bull denouncing it (Raynaldi Annal. ann. 1421 No. 4); and in Germany the council of Wurzburg in 1446, revived the old denunciations against the Begghards and Beguines (Hartzheim V. 336).