Conciliarism and heresy in fifteenth-century England : collective authority in the age of the general councils /

Conciliarism and heresy in fifteenth-century England : collective authority in the age of the general councils /

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Author / Creator:	Russell, Alexander, 1981- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017. ©2017
Description:	ix, 223 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought. Fourth series ; 105 Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 105.
Subject:	Catholic Church -- Political activity -- England -- 15th century. Catholic Church -- Government. Catholic Church. Conciliar theory. Heresy -- 15th century. Conciliar theory. Heresy. Political participation. Political science. England.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11323597

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ISBN:	9781107172272 1107172276
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	The general councils of the fifteenth century constituted a remarkable political experiment, which used collective decision-making to tackle important problems facing the church. Such problems had hitherto received rigid top-down management from Rome. However, at Constance and Basle, they were debated by delegates of different ranks from across Europe and resolved through majority voting. Fusing the history of political thought with the study of institutional practices, this innovative study relates the procedural innovations of the general councils and their anti-heretical activities to wider trends in corporate politics, intellectual culture and pastoral reform. Alexander Russell argues that the acceptance of collective decision-making at the councils was predicated upon the prevalence of group participation and deliberation in small-scale corporate culture. Conciliarism and Heresy in Fifteenth-Century England offers a fundamental reassessment of England's relationship with the general councils, revealing how political thought, heresy, and collective politics were connected.

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