A History of Medieval Heresy and Inquisition

by Deane, Jennifer Kolpacoff

• ISBN13: 9780742555761
• ISBN10: 0742555763
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-16
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This concise and balanced survey of heresy and inquisition in the Middle Ages examines the dynamic interplay between competing medieval notions of Christian observance, tracing the escalating confrontations between piety, reform, dissent, and Church authority between 1100 and 1500. Jennifer Deane explores the diverse regional and cultural settings in which key disputes over Scripture, sacraments, and spiritual hierarchies erupted, events increasingly shaped by new ecclesiastical ideas and inquisitorial procedures. Incorporating recent research and debates in the field, her analysis brings to life at a compelling issue that profoundly influenced the medieval world.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction: The Contours of Authority in Medieval Christendom	p. 1
Good Christians, Heresy, and the Apostolic Model	p. 25
Poverty, Preaching, and the Poor of Lyon	p. 57
Lawyer Popes, Mendicant Preachers, and New Inquisitorial Procedures	p. 87
Spiritual Franciscans, the Poverty Controversy, and the Apocalypse	p. 123
Mysticism, Lay Religious Women, and the Problem of Spiritual Authority	p. 153
Medieval Magic, Demonology, and Witchcraft	p. 185
Wyclif, the Word of God, and Inquisition in England	p. 217
Reform, Revolution, and the Lay Chalice in Bohemia	p. 247
Epilogue	p. 289
Notes	p. 293
Index	p. 305
About the Author	p. 319
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