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Cathars in Question (Paperback)
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Cathars in Question (Paperback)
Series: Heresy and Inquisition in the Middle Ages
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The question of the reality of Cathars and other heresies is
debated in this provocative collection. 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"
is a construct, mis-named and mis-represented by generations of
scholars, and its supposedly radical views were a fantastical
projection of the fears of orthodox commentators. This volume
brings together a wide range of views from some of the most
distinguished internationalscholars 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. ANTONIO SENNIS is Senior Lecturer in
Medieval History at University College London Contributors: John H.
Arnold, Peter Biller, Caterina Bruschi, David d'Avray, Joerg
Feuchter, Bernard Hamilton, R.I. Moore, Mark Gregory Pegg, Rebecca
Rist, Lucy J. Sackville, Antonio Sennis, Claire Taylor, Julien
Thery-Astruc, Yuri Stoyanov
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