Medievalists.net » Bogomils http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 In search of a missing link: The Bogomils and Zoroastrianism http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/13/in-search-of-a-missing-link-the-bogomils-and-zoroastrianism/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/13/in-search-of-a-missing-link-the-bogomils-and-zoroastrianism/#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2013 18:55:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38683 Both Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism are dualist relig- ions. Implicit in the beliefs held true by these religions is the notion of co-equal and co-eternal principles. Implicit in this notion is the belief that both good and evil exist and are acted upon from the very beginning.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/13/in-search-of-a-missing-link-the-bogomils-and-zoroastrianism/feed/ 0 Dualist heresy in Aquitaine and the Agenais, c.1000-c.1249 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/02/dualist-heresy-in-aquitaine-and-the-agenais-c-1000-c-1249/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/02/dualist-heresy-in-aquitaine-and-the-agenais-c-1000-c-1249/#comments Sun, 02 Sep 2012 20:55:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35318 This thesis will examine whether the heresy in eleventh-century Aquitaine was dualist and will then discuss twelfth- and thirteenth-century Catharism in an Aquitainian context.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/02/dualist-heresy-in-aquitaine-and-the-agenais-c-1000-c-1249/feed/ 0 Late medieval Tombstones (stecci) in the area of Zabljak (Montenegro) http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/16/late-medieval-tombstones-stecci-in-the-area-of-zabljak-montenegro/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/16/late-medieval-tombstones-stecci-in-the-area-of-zabljak-montenegro/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:13:32 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33879 Although stećci have been investigated for more than a century and thousands of them have been found many questions still arise. Many monuments have been only been registered as existing, with no excavation; most of them have not been excavated archaeologically.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/16/late-medieval-tombstones-stecci-in-the-area-of-zabljak-montenegro/feed/ 0 Bogomils, Cathars, Lollards, and the High Social Position of Women During the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/24/bogomils-cathars-lollards-and-the-high-social-position-of-women-during-the-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/24/bogomils-cathars-lollards-and-the-high-social-position-of-women-during-the-middle-ages/#comments Sun, 24 Jun 2012 20:22:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33128 During the 12th century, if not slightly earlier, Western Europe lived through a period of economic and social upheavel termed by many historians the 12th c. Renaissance. One of its aspects is related to the considerable emancipation of women mostly in Southern France, a development which spread over to Italy, Flanders, and later, England. One can even detect social zones where real emancipation was axhieved.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/24/bogomils-cathars-lollards-and-the-high-social-position-of-women-during-the-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Bogomilism: An Important Precursor of the Reformation http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/11/bogomilism-%e2%80%94-an-important-precursor-of-the-reformation/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/11/bogomilism-%e2%80%94-an-important-precursor-of-the-reformation/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:21:21 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=27866 Our particular task here is to give proof of the presence of Bogomil and Cathar ideas and motivations in the works of the brightest reformation triad: John Wycliffe — Jan Hus — Martin Luther, by means of facts, documented links and associations.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/11/bogomilism-%e2%80%94-an-important-precursor-of-the-reformation/feed/ 0 Wellsprings of Heresy: Monks, Myth and Making Manichaeans in Orleans and Aquitaine http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/24/wellsprings-of-heresy-monks-myth-and-making-manichaeans-in-orleans-and-aquitaine/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/24/wellsprings-of-heresy-monks-myth-and-making-manichaeans-in-orleans-and-aquitaine/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:57:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23186 The execution of a number of clerics at Orléans in 1022 is viewed as a watershed moment in the history of heresy in the West.

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