Cathars in question
"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 subsequen…
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- Full title :Cathars in question / edited by Antonio Sennis.
Summary
"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."--Back cover.
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- Publication Date:©2016
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):York Medieval Press
- Place of Publication:Woodbridge, Suffolk
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2016
Notes
Published in association with The Boydell Press, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd, and with the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York.
"The essays collected in this volume originate in papers delivered at the conference 'Catharism: Balkan Heresy or Construct of a Persecuting Society?', which was held at University College London and at the Warburg Institute on 18-19 April 2013"--Page vii.
The Physical Object
- Description:vii, 332 pages ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1903153689, 9781903153680
- oclc:ocn931625969
- LC Classification:BX4891.3
- Dewey Decimal:273/.6
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