The Cathars infiltrated the highest ranks of society & posed a threat not only to the Catholic Church in France but also to the secular authorities. This text examines their heretical beliefs & their violent suppression under the Crusades & Inquisition.
What should historians do with the words of the dead? Inquisition and Power reformulates the historiography of heresy and the inquisition by focusing on depositions taken from the Cathars, a religious sect that opposed the Catholic church and took root in southern France during …
In the study of inquisition and heresy in Languedoc the late-13th century is a dark hole. This book redresses this, providing an edition and translation of depositions of heresy suspects interrogated in Toulouse 1273-82, preserved in a copy of 1669.
In the study of inquisition and heresy in Languedoc the late-13th century is a dark hole. This book redresses this, providing an edition and translation of depositions of heresy suspects interrogated in Toulouse 1273-82, preserved in a copy of 1669.
Om katharerne/albigenserne, der var udbredt i det meste af Sydeuropa i det 12. århundrede, og om korstogene og inkvisitionerne, der, under ledelse af pave Alexander III i 1180 og pave Innocent III i 1210, fuldstændigt udryddede deres kirke
By analyzing six volumes of depositions in the trial of Cathar and Waldensian heretics in Languedoc between the late 12th and the 14th century, Caterina Bruschi challenges old methodologies in the study of dissent.
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 f…