The wandering heretics of Languedoc /

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Author / Creator:	Bruschi, Caterina, 1968-
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 222 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., [73] Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., v. 73.
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. Albigenses. Christian heresies -- Middle Ages. Inquisition. Nomads. Trials (Heresy) Mobilitγ̐ưat. Hγ̐ưaresie. Hγ̐ưaretiker. Languedoc (France) -- Church history. France -- Languedoc. Church history. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11825969

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ISBN:	9780511540929 0511540922 9780511539282 0511539282 0521873592 9780521873598 9780511581564 0511581564 9780521873598
Notes:	Series no. from publisher Web site. Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-214) and index.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Bruschi, Caterina, 1968- Wandering heretics of Languedoc. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521873598
Standard no.:	9786612155727

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