Medievalists.net » Heresy http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +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/2015/05/21/shadow-of-the-sword-the-headsman/feed/ 0 BOOKS: Medieval Ireland http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/17/books-medieval-ireland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/17/books-medieval-ireland/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2015 11:54:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56883 In celebration of St. Patrick's Day, here are some great books on medieval Ireland!

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/17/books-medieval-ireland/feed/ 0 The Patriarch Alexios Stoudites and the Reinterpretation of Justinianic Legislation against Heretics http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/10/patriarch-alexios-stoudites-reinterpretation-justinianic-legislation-heretics/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/10/patriarch-alexios-stoudites-reinterpretation-justinianic-legislation-heretics/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:08:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54031 Using normative legal sources such as law codes and imperial novels to illuminate Byzantine heresy is a very difficult proposition. One of the great problems in the analysis of Byzantine law in general is that the normative legal sources rarely were adapted to subsequent economic, political, or social conditions.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/10/patriarch-alexios-stoudites-reinterpretation-justinianic-legislation-heretics/feed/ 0 10 Terrifying Reads for Halloween! http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/23/10-terrifying-reads-halloween/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/23/10-terrifying-reads-halloween/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:47:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53522 Here are some spooky medieval books for you to celebrate with over Halloween!

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/23/10-terrifying-reads-halloween/feed/ 0 Does a Reformation End?: Rethinking Religious Simulation in Sixteenth-Century Italy http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/21/reformation-end-rethinking-religious-simulation-sixteenth-century-italy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/21/reformation-end-rethinking-religious-simulation-sixteenth-century-italy/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2014 13:08:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53493 A paper examining the Italian Reformation.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/21/reformation-end-rethinking-religious-simulation-sixteenth-century-italy/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 The Adamites: Hippy Heretics of the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/10/adamites-hippy-heretics-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/10/adamites-hippy-heretics-middle-ages/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2014 22:42:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51461 Wandering through forests and hills, some of them fell into such insanity that men and women threw off their clothes and went nude, saying that clothes had been adopted because of the sin of the first parents, but that they were in a state of innocence.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/10/adamites-hippy-heretics-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Women, Heresy, and Crusade: Toward a Context for Jacques de Vitry’s Relationship to the Early Beguines http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/06/women-heresy-crusade-toward-context-jacques-de-vitrys-relationship-early-beguines/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/06/women-heresy-crusade-toward-context-jacques-de-vitrys-relationship-early-beguines/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:20:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51669 Grundmann‘s search for a founding figure is understandable in light of the problematic nature of Beguine institutional history. Beguine historiography has long struggled with the anomalous lack of clear foundation documents and accounts.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/06/women-heresy-crusade-toward-context-jacques-de-vitrys-relationship-early-beguines/feed/ 0 Boundaries in the making – Historiography and the isolation of late medieval Bohemia http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/27/boundaries-making-historiography-isolation-late-medieval-bohemia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/27/boundaries-making-historiography-isolation-late-medieval-bohemia/#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2014 15:38:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51374 This paper deals with an episode of early 15th century Bohemian history. During the so-called Hussite wars, a coalition of Catholic powers tried to establish a far-reaching blockade on trade and commerce against the kingdom of Bohemia, which then was considered to be a hotbed of heresy, and to be rebellious against its legitimate ruler and the papal church.

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