RT Book
T1 Inquisition and knowledge, 1200-1700
T2 Heresy and inquisition in the Middle Ages
A2 Biller, Peter 1945-
A2 Sackville, L. J. ca. 20./21. Jh.
LA English
PP York
PB York Medieval Press
YR 2022
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1807445704
AB "The collection, curation, and manipulation of knowledge were fundamental to the operation of inquisition. Its coercive power rested on its ability to control information and to produce authoritative discourses from it - a fact not lost on contemporaries, or on later commentators. Understanding that relationship between inquisition and knowledge has been one of the principal drivers of its long historiography. Inquisitors and their historians have always been preoccupied with the process by which information was gathered and recirculated as knowledge. The tenor of that question has changed over time, but we are still asking how knowledge was made and handed down - to them and to us - and how their sense of what was interesting or useful affected their selection. This volume approaches the theme by looking at heresy and inquisition in the Middle Ages, and also at how they were seen in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The contributors consider a wide range of medieval texts, including papal bulls, sermons, polemical treatises and records of interrogations, both increasing our knowledge of medieval heresy and inquisition, and at the same time delineating the twisting of knowledge. This polarity continues in the early modern period, when scholars appeared to advance learning by hunting for medieval manuscripts and publishing them, or ensuring their preservation through copying them; but at the same time, as some of the chapters here show, these were proof texts in the service of Catholic or Protestant polemic. As a whole, the collection provides a clear view of - and invites readers' reflection on - the shading of truth and untruth in medieval and early modern "knowledge" of heresy and inquisition"--
AB Essays considering how information could be used and abused in the service of heresy and inquisition
CN BX1713
SN 978-1-80010-387-0
K1 To 1500
K1 Christian Heresies : History : Middle Ages, 600-1500
K1 Information behavior : Europe : History : To 1500
K1 Learning and scholarship : Europe : History : To 1500
K1 Catholic learning and scholarship : History : To 1500
K1 Religion and science : Europe : History : To 1500
K1 Universities and colleges : Europe : History : To 1500
K1 Heresy : History
K1 Knowledge, Sociology of : History
K1 Inquisition : History
K1 Inquisition - Histoire
K1 Hérésies chrétiennes - Histoire - 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
K1 Savoir et érudition - Europe - Histoire - Jusqu'à 1500
K1 Religion et sciences - Europe - Histoire - Jusqu'à 1500
K1 Catholic learning and scholarship
K1 Christian heresies - Middle Ages
K1 Information behavior
K1 Inquisition
K1 Learning and scholarship
K1 Religion and science
K1 Universities and colleges
K1 History
K1 Europe