Medievalists.net » Cathars 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 Cathar or Catholic: Treading the line between popular piety and heresy in Occitania, 1022-1271 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/17/cathar-or-catholic-treading-the-line-between-popular-piety-and-heresy-in-occitania-1022-1271/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/17/cathar-or-catholic-treading-the-line-between-popular-piety-and-heresy-in-occitania-1022-1271/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2015 23:00:19 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59044 This paper will explain the origins of popular piety and religious reform in medieval Europe before focusing in on two specific movements, the Patarenes and Henry of Lausanne, the first of which became an acceptable form of reform while the other remained a heretic.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/17/cathar-or-catholic-treading-the-line-between-popular-piety-and-heresy-in-occitania-1022-1271/feed/ 0 The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory: the Albigensian Crusade and the Subjugation of the Languedoc http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/24/kingdom-power-glory-albigensian-crusade-subjugation-languedoc/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/24/kingdom-power-glory-albigensian-crusade-subjugation-languedoc/#comments Sun, 24 Aug 2014 20:46:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52112 In March of 1208, Pope Innocent III preached the Albigensian Crusade. The crusade, which covered an area from Agen to Avignon and the Pyrenees to Cahors, initiated a new phase in the already strained relationship between the Catholic Church and the Languedoc.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/24/kingdom-power-glory-albigensian-crusade-subjugation-languedoc/feed/ 0 Catharism and Heresy in Milan http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/13/catharism-heresy-milan/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/13/catharism-heresy-milan/#comments Tue, 13 May 2014 23:02:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49588 Evidence suggests that heresy in Lombardy proliferated during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, a period of upheaval in the structure and form of politics and society, especially in itscapital city. From 1117 Milan operated as a commune, securing independent jurisdiction at thePeace of Constance (1183).

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/13/catharism-heresy-milan/feed/ 0 Herb-workers and Heretics: Beguines, Bakhtin and the Basques http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/22/herb-workers-heretics-beguines-bakhtin-basques/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/22/herb-workers-heretics-beguines-bakhtin-basques/#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2014 00:31:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48474 During the Middle Ages and early Renaissance, the word beguine was used by women to identify themselves as members of a wide-spread and influential women's movement. The same term was used by their detractors and overt opponents, with the highly charged negative meaning of "heretic." The etymology of the term “beguine” and ultimate origins of the movement have never been satisfactorily explained.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/22/herb-workers-heretics-beguines-bakhtin-basques/feed/ 0 Women on Trial: Piecing Together Women’s Intellectual Worlds from Courtroom Testimony http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/12/women-on-trial-piecing-together-womens-intellectual-worlds-from-courtroom-testimony/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/12/women-on-trial-piecing-together-womens-intellectual-worlds-from-courtroom-testimony/#comments Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:48:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42785 To tease out these issues, I would like to offer an analysis of a specific set of criminal records from the city of Toulouse in the later Middle Ages. In recent years, many scholars have attempted to gain access to the lives of women in medieval Languedoc.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/12/women-on-trial-piecing-together-womens-intellectual-worlds-from-courtroom-testimony/feed/ 0 A Comparison of Interrogation in Two Inquisitorial Courts of the Fourteenth Century http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/27/a-comparison-of-interrogation-in-two-inquisitorial-courts-of-the-fourteenth-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/27/a-comparison-of-interrogation-in-two-inquisitorial-courts-of-the-fourteenth-century/#comments Sat, 27 Jul 2013 19:22:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42401 The spread of the Cathar heresy in Western Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries was perceived as a real challenge to orthodoxy. The Catholic Church soon employed all means possible in a reaction against this dualistic religion, which was especially widespread in the south of France and in central and northern Italy.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/27/a-comparison-of-interrogation-in-two-inquisitorial-courts-of-the-fourteenth-century/feed/ 0 Conflict and Coercion in Southern France http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/28/conflict-and-coercion-in-southern-france/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/28/conflict-and-coercion-in-southern-france/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:49:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40823 This paper endeavors to examine the mechanisms by which the crown of France was able to subsume the region of Languedoc in the wake of the Albigensian Crusade in the thirteenth century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/28/conflict-and-coercion-in-southern-france/feed/ 0 Understanding terrorism and radicalisation: a network approach http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/05/understanding-terrorism-and-radicalisation-a-network-approach/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/05/understanding-terrorism-and-radicalisation-a-network-approach/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 03:56:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39099 Our most recent work with this model has concentrated on the suppression of a network in the case of the Inquisition and the Cathar heresy in France in the 13th century; and on the spreading of a network in the case of the conversion to Protestantism of England in the mid-16th century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/05/understanding-terrorism-and-radicalisation-a-network-approach/feed/ 0 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 Memories of Space in Thirteenth-Century France: Displaced People After the Albigensian Crusade http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/11/memories-of-space-in-thirteenth-century-france-displaced-people-after-the-albigensian-crusade/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/11/memories-of-space-in-thirteenth-century-france-displaced-people-after-the-albigensian-crusade/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:27:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37927 It is clear that displacement was a policy of the crusade, a measure of its effectiveness, and a highly personal experience for individuals who were forced to flee the crusading army.

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