The War on Heresy / R. I. Moore.
Moore, R. I., author.
2012
BT1319 .M67 2012
Available Online

Linked e-resources

Linked Resource Online Access

Details

Title The War on Heresy / R. I. Moore.
Author Moore, R. I., author.
ISBN 9780674065376
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674065376
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2012]
Copyright ©2012
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (384 p.) : 10 color illustrations, 12 halftones, 8 maps
Item Number 10.4159/harvard.9780674065376 doi
Call Number BT1319 .M67 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 273.6
Summary Between 1000 and 1250, the Catholic Church confronted the threat of heresy with increasing force. Some of the most portentous events in medieval history-the Cathar crusade, the persecution and mass burnings of heretics, the papal inquisition established to identify and suppress beliefs that departed from the true religion-date from this period. Fear of heresy molded European society for the rest of the Middle Ages and beyond, and violent persecutions of the accused left an indelible mark. Yet, as R. I. Moore suggests, the version of these events that has come down to us may be more propaganda than historical reality.Popular accounts of heretical events, most notably the Cathar crusade, are derived from thirteenth-century inquisitors who saw organized heretical movements as a threat to society. Skeptical of the reliability of their reports, Moore reaches back to earlier contemporaneous sources, where he learns a startling truth: no coherent opposition to Catholicism, outside the Church itself, existed. The Cathars turn out to be a mythical construction, and religious difference does not explain the origins of battles against heretic practices and beliefs. A truer explanation lies in conflicts among elites-both secular and religious-who used the specter of heresy to extend their political and cultural authority and silence opposition. By focusing on the motives, anxieties, and interests of those who waged war on heresy, Moore's narrative reveals that early heretics may have died for their faith, but it was not because of their faith that they were put to death.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
System Details Note Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Digital File Characteristics text file PDF
Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. Jan 2023)
In HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
Linked Resources Online Access
Record Appears in Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
Frontmatter
Contents
List of Maps
List of Illustrations
Preface
Map
Prologue: Death and a maiden
Part One. Cry Havoc
1. The avenging flames
2. The gift of the Holy Spirit
3. The apostolic life
4. Monks, miracles and Manichees
5. The simoniac heresy
6. Routing out these detestable plagues
7. Sowers of the word
8. Sheep in the midst of wolves
9. Making enemies
Part Two. The Dogs of War
10. Exposed to contumely and persecution
11. Sounding the alarm
12. Drawing the lines
13. Speaking of principles
14. The enemy at the gate
15. To war and arms
16. Politics by other means
17. The sleep of reason
18. The vineyard of the lord
Epilogue: A winter journey
Afterword: The war among the scholars
Chronology
Further Reading
Notes
Glossary
Biographical Index of Names
Index

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export