Heresy and the persecuting society in the Middle Ages : : essays on the work of R.I. Moore / / edited by Michael Frassetto.

• Superior document: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions ; 129
• TeilnehmendeR: Frassetto, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2006]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions ; 129.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 338 p. )
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

This volume examines the influence of R. I. Moore and the nature of heresy and its repression in the Middle Ages. The volume considers the vexing question of the origins of medieval heresy and the possible influence of Bogomil missionaries. Geographic areas not usually examined for the growth of heresy are examined, and a new understanding of the violence of the Albigensian Crusade is offered. The blurred boundary between heresy and orthodoxy and the nature of heresy and popular religion are also discussed. The final chapters consider the formation of the persecuting society and Moore's reflection on scholarship of the late 20th century. The volume offers new insights into the nature of heresy and society in the Middle Ages. Contributors include: Malcolm Barber, Daniel F. Callahan, Michael Frassetto, James Given, Bernard Hamilton, Carol Lansing, Laurence W. Marvin, R.I. Moore, Mark Pegg, Edward Peters, Arthur Siegel, Susan Taylor Snyder, and Claire Taylor.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Introduction, Michael Frassetto -- 1. Moore's Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries: Travels in the Agro-Literate Polity, Edward Peters -- 2. Ademar of Chabannes and the Bogomils, Daniel F. Callahan -- 3. Italian Society and the Origins of Eleventh-Century Western Heresy, Arthur Siegel -- 4. Pagans, Heretics, Saracens, and Jews in the Sermons of Ademar of Chabannes, Michael Frassetto -- 5. Bogomil Influences on Western Heresy, Bernard Hamilton -- 6. Northern Catharism, Malcolm Barber -- 7. Authority and the Cathar Heresy in the Northern Languedoc, Claire Taylor -- 8. The Massacre at Béziers July 22, 1209: A Revisionist Look, Laurence W. Marvin -- 9. Heresy, Good Men, and Nomenclature, Mark Pegg -- 10. Cathars, Confraternities, and Civic Religion: The Blurry Border between Heresy and Orthodoxy, Susan Taylor Snyder -- 11. Idolatry and Fraud: the Case of Riperando and the Holy Managlia, Carol Lansing -- 12. Chasing Phantoms: Philip IV and the Fantastic, James Given -- 13. Afterthoughts on The Origins of European Dissent , R.I. Moore -- Index.