Heresy and Authority in Medieval Europe

Edward Peters

University of Pennsylvania Press, 1980 - History - 312 pages

Throughout the Middle Ages and early modern Europe theological uniformity was synonymous with social cohesion in societies that regarded themselves as bound together at their most fundamental levels by a religion. To maintain a belief in opposition to the orthodoxy was to set oneself in opposition not merely to church and state but to a whole culture in all of its manifestations. From the eleventh century to the fifteenth, however, dissenting movements appeared with greater frequency, attracted more followers, acquired philosophical as well as theological dimensions, and occupied more and more the time and the minds of religious and civil authorities. In the perception of dissent and in the steps taken to deal with it lies the history of medieval heresy and the force it exerted on religious, social, and political communities long after the Middle Ages.

In this volume, Edward Peters makes available the most compact and wide-ranging collection of source materials in translation on medieval orthodoxy and heterodoxy in social context.

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Contents

• Heresy and Authority in Medieval Europe: 1
• THE DEFINITIONOF: 13
• ll: 57
• Heretics at Soissons 1114: 72
• Arnoldof Brescia in Rome 114855: 80
• Against Abelard 1140: 87
• Sermon 65 on The Song of Songs 1144: 95
• A Standoff at Lombers 1165: 117
• The Historia Albigensis: 123
• The Heretics: 133
• Valdess Profession of Faith: 147
• V: 165
• On the New Orders: 178
• Q: 182
• Pope InnocentIIIand Durand of Huesca 1210: 184
• CRUSADE AND CRIMINALSANCTIONS: 189
• 42: 191
• The Stake: 193
• The Council of Toulouse 1229: 194
• The Decretal filehumani generis 1231: 196
• The Council of Tarragona 1242: 198
• 57: 200
• The Llber Augustalis of Frederick 11 1231: 207
• ConcerningHeretics 1235: 209
• ThirteenthCentury French Royal Legislation Against Heretics: 210
• The English Statute De haeretico cumburendo 1401: 212
• Vll 1NTELLECTUAL POS1T1ONS CONDEMNED INTHE THIRTEENTHAND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES: 217
• Errors Condemned at the University of Paris 1270: 220
• Faith and Philosophy in the Arts Faculty of Paris 1272 22 1: 221
• The Condemnation of 219 Propositions at Paris 1277: 223
• 72: 228
• The Condemnation of Marsiglio of Padua and John of Jandun 1327: 230
• THE SPIRITUALFRANC1SCANS AND VOLUNTARY POVERTY: 235
• On dominium and usus: 240
• Violations of dominium and usus: 243
• Pope John xxi The Decretal Glmiosnm ecclesiam 1318: 245
• The Decretal Cum inter nonullas 1323: 247
• Against the Spirituals ca 1450: 248
• 1X PEASANT CATHARS IN THE AR1EGE 1N THE EARLY FOURTEENTH CENTURY 25 1: 251
• The lnquisitorial Register of Jacques Foumier: 253
• THE AGE OF WYCL1F AND HUS: 265
• On 1ndulgences: 267
• On Wyclif: 271
• Wyclif s Response to Pope Urban VI: 273
• The Condemnation of Wyclifism: 274
• The Lollard Conclusions 1394: 277
• On Simony: 282
• The Condemnation of Huss Errors: 286
• The Examination and Execution of Hus: 289
• On the Church and Heresy: 297
• Sources and Acknowledgments: 309
• 75: 310

About the author

Edward Peters is Henry Charles Lea Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. His publications include The Magician, the Witch, and the Law, Torture, The First Crusade, and, with Alan C. Kors, Witchcraft in Europe, 400-1700: A Documentary History, all available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Heresy and Authority in Medieval Europe; Edward Peters; The Middle Ages Series; University of Pennsylvania Press Middle ages series
• Editor: Edward Peters
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1980
• ISBN: 0812211030, 9780812211030
• Length: 312 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / Medieval; History / General; Religion / History