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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827710503321

Autore

Bruschi Caterina <1968->

Titolo

The wandering heretics of Languedoc / / Caterina Bruschi [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009

ISBN

1-282-15572-5

9786612155727

0-511-58156-4

0-511-54092-2

0-511-53928-2

0-511-54058-2

0-511-53845-6

0-511-54012-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 222 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; ; 4th ser., 73

Disciplina

273/.6

Soggetti

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

Languedoc (France) Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-214) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Stories and how to read them -- Catharism and its mobility -- Heretical itinerancy -- Patterns of fear and risk.

Sommario/riassunto

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.