Religious Thought and Heresy in the Middle Ages
Author: Frederick William Bussell
Publisher:
Published: 1918
Total Pages: 914
ISBN-13:
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The War on Heresy
Author: R. I. Moore
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2012-05-15
Total Pages: 411
ISBN-13: 0674065379
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSome of the most portentous events in medieval history—the Cathar crusade, the persecution and mass burnings of heretics, the papal inquisition—fall between 1000 and 1250, when the Catholic Church confronted the threat of heresy with force. Moore’s narrative focuses on the motives and anxieties of elites who waged war on heresy for political gain.
Medieval Heresies
Author: Christine Caldwell Ames
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-04-02
Total Pages: 375
ISBN-13: 1316298426
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJews, Christians, and Muslims in the Middle Ages were divided in many ways. But one thing they shared in common was the fear that God was offended by wrong belief. Medieval Heresies: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam is the first comparative survey of heresy and its response throughout the medieval world. Spanning England to Persia, it examines heresy, error, and religious dissent - and efforts to end them through correction, persuasion, or punishment - among Latin Christians, Greek Christians, Jews, and Muslims. With a lively narrative that begins in the late fourth century and ends in the early sixteenth century, Medieval Heresies is an unprecedented history of how the three great monotheistic religions of the Middle Ages resembled, differed from, and even interrelated with each other in defining heresy and orthodoxy.
Religious Thought and Heresy in the Middle Ages
Author: Frederick William Bussell
Publisher:
Published: 1918
Total Pages: 914
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHeresies of the High Middle Ages
Author: Walter Leggett Wakefield
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 888
ISBN-13: 9780231096324
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMore than seventy documents, ranging in date from the early eleventh century to the early fourteenth century and representing both orthodox and heretical viewpoints are included.
Medieval Heresies
Author: Christine Caldwell Ames
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-04-02
Total Pages: 375
ISBN-13: 110702336X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comparative history of heresy in Latin and Greek Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, spanning the fourth to the sixteenth century.
Heresy in Transition
Author: Mr Ian Hunter
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2013-06-28
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 1409479544
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe concept of heresy is deeply rooted in Christian European culture. The palpable increase in incidences of heresy in the Middle Ages may be said to directly relate to the Christianity's attempts to define orthodoxy and establish conformity at its centre, resulting in the sometimes forceful elimination of Christian sects. In the transition from medieval to early modern times, however, the perception of heresy underwent a profound transformation, ultimately leading to its decriminalization and the emergence of a pluralistic religious outlook. The essays in this volume offer readers a unique insight into this little-understood cultural shift. Half of the chapters investigate the manner in which the church and its attendant civil authorities defined and proscribed heresy, whilst the other half focus on the means by which early modern writers sought to supersede such definition and proscription. The result of these investigations is a multifaceted historical account of the construction and serial reconstruction of one of the key categories of European theological, juristic and political thought. The contributors explore the role of nationalism and linguistic identity in constructions of heresy, its analogies with treason and madness, the role of class and status in the responses to heresy. In doing so they provide fascinating insights into the roots of the historicization of heresy and the role of this historicization in the emergence of religious pluralism.
Medieval Heresy
Author: Malcolm D. Lambert
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 1992-01
Total Pages: 449
ISBN-13: 9780631174318
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMedieval Christianity
Author: Kevin Madigan
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2015-01-01
Total Pages: 512
ISBN-13: 0300158726
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA new narrative history of medieval Christianity, spanning from A.D. 500 to 1500, focuses on the role of women in Christianity; the relationships among Christians, Jews and Muslims; the experience of ordinary parishioners; the adventure of asceticism, devotion and worship; and instruction through drama, architecture and art.
Cathars
Author: Sean Martin
Publisher: Oldacastle Books
Published: 2012-02-03
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 184243568X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCatharism was the most successful heresy of the Middle Ages. Flourishing principally in the Languedoc and Italy, the Cathars taught that the world is evil and must be transcended through a simple life of prayer, work, fasting, and non-violence. They believed themselves to be the heirs of the true heritage of Christianity going back to apostolic times, and completely rejected the Catholic Church and all its trappings, regarding it as the Church of Satan. Cathar services and ceremonies, by contrast, were held in fields, barns, and in people's homes. Finding support from the nobility in the fractious political situation in southern France, the Cathars also found widespread popularity among peasants and artisans. And, unlike the Church, the Cathars respected women; they played a major role in the movement. Alarmed at the success of Catharism, the Church founded the Inquisition and launched the Albigensian Crusade to exterminate the heresy. While previous Crusades had been directed against Muslims in the Middle East, the Albigensian Crusade was the first Crusade to be directed against fellow Christians, and was also the first European genocide. With the fall of the Cathar fortress of Montségur in 1244, Catharism was largely obliterated, although the faith survived into the early fourteenth century. Today, the mystique surrounding the Cathars is as strong as ever, and Sean Martin recounts their story and the myths associated with them in this lively and gripping book.
