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Cathars have long been regarded as posing the most organised challenge to orthodox Catholicism in the medieval West, even as a "counter-Church" to orthodoxy in southern France and northern Italy. Their beliefs, understood to be inspired by Balkan dualism, are often seen as the most radical...

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Corporate Authors: University of York, Centre for Medieval Studies (Issuing body) ; Catharism: Balkan Heresy or Construct of a Persecuting Society? (2013, London, England) (Other)
Contributors: Sennis, Antonio C. (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: York York Medieval Press 2016.
In:Year: 2016
Series/Journal:Heresy and inquisition in the Middle Ages volume 4
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Cathars
IxTheo Classification:KBK Europe (East)
KDH Christian sects
Further subjects:B Balkan Peninsula History To 1500 Congresses
B Balkan Peninsula ; History ; To 1500 ; Congresses
B Albigenses Congresses
B Albigenses ; Congresses
B Balkan Peninsula History, To 1500 Congresses
B Albigenses Congresses
B Conference program 18.04.2013-19.04.2013 (London)
B Conference program
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Erscheint auch als: 9781903153680
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Summary:Cathars have long been regarded as posing the most organised challenge to orthodox Catholicism in the medieval West, even as a "counter-Church" to orthodoxy in southern France and northern Italy. Their beliefs, understood to be inspired by Balkan dualism, are often seen as the most radical among medieval heresies. However, recent work has fiercely challenged this paradigm, arguing instead that "Catharism" was a construct of its persecutors, mis-named and mis-represented by generations of subsequent scholarship, and its supposedly radical views were a fantastical projection of the fears of orthodox commentators.<BR> This volume brings together a wide range of views from some of the most distinguished international scholars in the field, in order to address the debate directly while also opening up new areas for research. Focussing on dualism and anti-materialist beliefs in southern France, Italy and the Balkans, it considers a number of crucial issues. These include: what constitutes popular belief; how (and to what extent) societies of the past were based on the persecution of dissidents; and whether heresy can be seen as an invention of orthodoxy. At the same time, the essays shed new light on some key aspects of the political, cultural, religious and economic relationships between the Balkans and more western regions of Europe in the Middle Ages.<BR><BR> Antonio Sennis isSenior Lecturer in Medieval History at University College London Contributors: John H. Arnold, Peter Biller, Caterina Bruschi, David d'Avray, Jörg Feuchter, Bernard Hamilton, Robert I. Moore, MarkGregory Pegg, Rebecca Rist, Lucy Sackville, Antonio Sennis, Claire Taylor, Julien Théry-Astruc, Yuri Stoyanov
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ISBN:1782048170