Cathars in Question (Heresy and Inquisition in the Middle Ages, 4, Band 4) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1903153689 ISBN 13: 9781903153680

Verlag: York Medieval Press, 2016

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Cathars have long been regarded as posing the most organised challenge to orthodox Catholicism in the medieval West, even as a "counter-Church" to orthodoxy in southern France and northern Italy. Their beliefs, understood to be inspired by Balkan dualism, are often seen as the most radical among medieval heresies. However, recent work has fiercely challenged this paradigm, arguing instead that "Catharism" was a construct of its persecutors, mis-named and mis-represented by generations of subsequent scholarship, and its supposedly radical views were a fantastical projection of the fears of orthodox commentators. This volume brings together a wide range of views from some of the most distinguished international scholars in the field, in order to address the debate directly while also opening up new areas for research. Focussing on dualism and anti-materialist beliefs in southern France, Italy and the Balkans, it considers a number of crucial issues. These include: what constitutes popular belief; how (and to what extent) societies of the past were based on the persecution of dissidents; and whether heresy can be seen as an invention of orthodoxy. At the same time, the essays shed new light on some key aspects of the political, cultural, religious and economic relationships between the Balkans and more western regions of Europe in the Middle Ages. Antonio Sennis is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at University College London Contributors: John H. Arnold, Peter Biller, Caterina Bruschi, David d'Avray, Jorg Feuchter, Bernard Hamilton, Robert I. Moore, Mark Gregory Pegg, Rebecca Rist, Lucy Sackville, Antonio Sennis, Claire Taylor, Julien Thery-Astruc, Yuri Stoyanov

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• Verlag: York Medieval Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1903153689
• ISBN 13: 9781903153680
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 344
• Herausgeber: Sennis Antonio
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