Walser people in the context of "Walser migrations"

The Walser migrations (German: Walserwanderungen) (Italian: Migrazioni Walser) were a series of migrations by the Walser people from the Upper Rhône Valley in Valais to areas of the Alps. The migrations lasted from c.1150 to c.1450 and represented one of the last large movements of people in the Middle Ages.