Must read: The best Vaudois history Book proving the Vaudois were Baptists and were very ancient and go back to Jesus Christ & the Apostles is: The history of the Evangelical churches of the valleys of Piemont : containing a most exact geographical description of the place, and a faithfull account of the doctrine, life, and persecutions of the ancient inhabitants ; Together, with a most naked and punctual relation of the late bloudy massacre, 1655 ; And a narrative of all the following transactions, to the year of Our Lord, 1658 .. https://archive.org/details/historyofevangel00morl/page/n1/