Title The wandering heretics of Languedoc / Caterina Bruschi

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 222 pages) Series Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., [73] Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., v. 73. Contents Introduction -- Stories and how to read them -- Catharism and its mobility -- Heretical itinerancy -- Patterns of fear and risk -- Conclusions (and starting points) Summary How should historians read sources which record inquisitorial trials in the Middle Ages? How can we understand the fears felt by those on trial? By analysing six volumes of depositions in the trial of Cathar and Waldensian heretics in Languedoc between the late twelfth and the fourteenth century, in this book, Caterina Bruschi challenges old methodologies in the study of dissent. She examines the intrinsic narratological problems related to the sources and, using approaches from the social sciences, analyses the different fears felt by deponents and how those fears affected their actions and decisions. In so doing, she sheds light on itinerancy within the ecclesial structure of non-conformist movements and contextualises the problem of itinerancy as a benchmark for the definition of heresy. Focusing on the lives and attitudes of trial witnesses, this innovative account is a major contribution to our understanding of the nature of religious non-conformity in the Middle Ages Notes Series no. from publisher Web site Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-214) and index Notes English Subject Albigenses -- France -- Languedoc Christian heresies -- France -- Languedoc -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 Inquisition -- France -- Languedoc -- History -- To 1500 Trials (Heresy) -- France -- Languedoc -- History -- To 1500 Nomads -- France -- Languedoc -- History -- To 1500 RELIGION -- History. Albigenses Christian heresies -- Middle Ages Inquisition Nomads Trials (Heresy) Häretiker Mobilität Katharer Albigenser Häresie SUBJECT Languedoc (France) -- Church history Subject France -- Languedoc Languedoc Genre/Form Church history History Form Electronic book LC no. 2009008468 ISBN 9780511540929 0511540922 9780511539282 0511539282 0521873592 9780521873598 9780511581564 0511581564 9780521182270 0521182271 1282155725 9781282155725 9786612155727 6612155728 0511540582 9780511540585 0511538456 9780511538452 0511540124 9780511540127

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