LEADER 04792nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910817189703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8122-0109-4 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812201093 035 $a(CKB)2670000000418350 035 $a(OCoLC)858934931 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748812 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001053308 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11557918 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001053308 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11113959 035 $a(PQKB)10042383 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse26809 035 $a(DE-B1597)448962 035 $a(OCoLC)979910397 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812201093 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442232 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748812 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682318 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442232 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000418350 100 $a20080525d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRighteous persecution $einquisition, Dominicans, and Christianity in the Middle Ages /$fChristine Caldwell Ames 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 225 1 $aThe Middle Ages series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a1-322-51036-9 311 0 $a0-8122-4133-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [285]-302) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$tPART I. In the Garden --$tChapter 1. The Wolves and the Sheep --$tChapter 2. Holy Inquisitors --$tChapter 3. The Burning Torch --$tPART II. Inquisition as Divine Discipline --$tChapter 4. Souls and Bodies --$tChapter 5. The Deserved Punishment --$tConclusion --$tList of abbreviations --$tNotes --$tSelect bibliography --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgment 330 $aRighteous Persecution examines the long-controversial involvement of the Order of Preachers, or Dominicans, with inquisitions into heresy in medieval Europe. From their origin in the thirteenth century, the Dominicans were devoted to a ministry of preaching, teaching, and pastoral care, to "save souls" particularly tempted by the Christian heresies popular in western Europe. Many persons then, and scholars in our own time, have asked how members of a pastoral order modeled on Christ and the apostles could engage themselves so enthusiastically in the repressive persecution that constituted heresy inquisitions: the arrest, interrogation, torture, punishment, and sometimes execution of those who deviated in belief from Roman Christianity. Drawing on an extraordinarily wide base of ecclesiastical documents, Christine Caldwell Ames recounts how Dominican inquisitors and their supporters crafted and promoted explicitly Christian meanings for their inquisitorial persecution. Inquisitors' conviction that the sin of heresy constituted the graver danger to the Christian soul and to the church at large led to the belief that bringing the individual to repentance-even through the harshest means-was indeed a pious way to carry out their pastoral task. However, the resistance and criticism that inquisition generated in medieval communities also prompted Dominicans to consider further how this new marriage of persecution and holiness was compatible with authoritative Christian texts, exemplars, and traditions. Dominican inquisitors persecuted not despite their faith but rather because of it, as they formed a medieval Christianity that permitted-or demanded-persecution. Righteous Persecution deviates from recent scholarship that has deemphasized religious belief as a motive for inquisition and illuminates a powerful instance of the way Christianity was itself vulnerable in a context of persecution, violence, and intolerance. 410 0$aMiddle Ages series. 606 $aPersecution$xHistory$yMiddle Ages, 600-1500 606 $aInquisition$xHistory 606 $aChristian heresies$xHistory$yMiddle Ages, 600-1500 606 $aControl (Psychology)$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aPunishment$xReligious aspects$xCatholic Church 606 $aQuestioning$xReligious aspects 615 0$aPersecution$xHistory 615 0$aInquisition$xHistory. 615 0$aChristian heresies$xHistory 615 0$aControl (Psychology)$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aPunishment$xReligious aspects$xCatholic Church. 615 0$aQuestioning$xReligious aspects. 676 $a272.2 686 $a11.52$2bcl 700 $aAmes$b Christine Caldwell$01631292 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817189703321 996 $aRighteous persecution$93970029 997 $aUNINA