Turlupins
Appearance
The turlupins were a religious sect in
nudism and promiscuity.[2][4] Some historians think their importance may have been exaggerated to add "local colour" to academic theological disputes.[4]
The sect was active mainly in the second half of the 14th century around
burnt at the stake for witchcraft and heresy.[1] A similar sect may have been active in the 1460s around Lille.[2]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-19-500456-6.
- ^ New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. Vol. 12. 1912. p. 41.
- ^ Dizionario biografico universale, Volume 5, by Felice Scifoni, Publisher Davide Passagli, Florence (1849); page 446.
- ^ ISBN 0-521-02612-1.