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Truth and the Heretic
"Exploring the figure of the heretic in Catholic writings of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries as well as the heretic's characterological counterpart in troubadour lyrics, Arthurian romance, and comic tales, Truth and the Heretic seeks to understand why French and Occitan literature of the period celebrated the very characters who were so persecuted in society at large. Karen Sullivan proposes that such literature allowed medieval culture a means by which to express truths about heretics and the epistemological anxieties they aroused." "The first book-length study of the figure of the heretic in medieval French and Occitan literature, Truth and the Heretic will fascinate historians of ideas and literature as well as scholars of religion, critical theory, and philosophy."--
Revolution in the House
To what extent did the French Revolution "revolutionize" the French family? In examining the changes in inheritance laws brought on by the Revolution, Margaret Darrow gives a lively account of the mixed effects legislation had on families of this period. As a test case, she has chosen the southern city of Montauban, whose Roman-based law enabling testators to appoint their heirs was contradicted by the new laws instituting equal inheritance. Filled with vivid anecdotes, this book shows how Montauban families in varying social classes adapted their financial strategies to cope with rapidly shifting circumstances, often creating solutions not envisioned by the legislators. With family history ...
Schools of Asceticism
Explores the Weberian theme of religious asceticism in the context of medieval religion, concentrating on the Cathars and Waldensians in southern France. Analyzes how the ideology and social organization of religious groups shaped rational ascetic conduct of their members and how the different forms of asceticism affected cultural and economic life, combining a sociological approach to the analysis of medieval history with an original analysis of primary sources. For scholars of comparative historical and theoretical sociology, medieval history, and religious studies. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
National Union Catalog
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
The Waldenses, 1170-1530
The Waldenses, like the Franciscans, emerged from the apostolic movements within the Latin Church of the decades around 1200, but unlike the Franciscans they were driven underground. Not a full counter-Church, like the Cathar heretics, they formed a clandestine religious order, preaching to and hearing the confessions of their secret followers, and surviving until the Reformation. This volume begins by surveying modern historiography. Then, using both inquisition records from the Baltic to the Alps and the Waldenses' own books, the author deals with the asceticism of the Waldensian order, its practice of poverty and medicine, the culture of the Brothers and the preaching of the Waldensian Sisters, the way both used and mythicised history to support their position, and the composition of their followers. The final chapters examine their origins and authorship of the inquisitors' texts, and look through them to see how inquisitors viewed the Waldenses.
The Cistercian Evolution
According to the received history, the Cistercian order was founded in Cîteaux, France, in 1098 by a group of Benedictine monks who wished for a stricter community. They sought a monastic life that called for extreme asceticism, rejection of feudal revenues, and manual labor for monks. Their third leader, Stephen Harding, issued a constitution, the Carta Caritatis, that called for the uniformity of custom in all Cistercian monasteries and the establishment of an annual general chapter meeting at Cîteaux. The Cistercian order grew phenomenally in the mid-twelfth century, reaching beyond France to Portugal in the west, Sweden in the north, and the eastern Mediterranean, ostensibly through a ...
The Corruption of Angels
On two hundred and one days between May 1, 1245, and August 1, 1246, more than five thousand people from the Lauragais were questioned in Toulouse about the heresy of the good men and the good women (more commonly known as Catharism). Nobles and diviners, butchers and monks, concubines and physicians, blacksmiths and pregnant girls--in short, all men over fourteen and women over twelve--were summoned by Dominican inquisitors Bernart de Caux and Jean de Saint-Pierre. In the cloister of the Saint-Sernin abbey, before scribes and witnesses, they confessed whether they, or anyone else, had ever seen, heard, helped, or sought salvation through the heretics. This inquisition into heretical depravi...
Un révolutionnaire ordinaire
En 1783, à vingt-trois ans, un jeune commissionnaire découvre sur les pavés du quai des Chartrons, à Bordeaux, l'âpreté des hommes de marchandise et de profit confrontés à une " crise sans pareille ". En 1793, à trente-trois ans, un révolutionnaire ardent dirige les débats orageux de la section des " sans-culottes à picques " de Gaillac. En 1805, à quarante-cinq ans, un propagandiste zélé et provisoire de la cause impériale vibre aux glorieuses victoires de l'" aigle " contre la " perfide Albion ". En 1816, à cinquante-six ans, un notable mélancolique, infiniment dévoué au trône et à l'autel, visite en calèche ses parcelles " réparties quasi dans tout le vignoble ", en ruminant le passé, le sommeil agité par les images du temps où " planait le couteau tranchant de la Révolution ". Le même homme. Joël Cornette analyse 3890 lettres, 500 actes notariés, les archives révolutionnaires et construit une exemplaire biographie : celle d'un homme sans qualités. Un roman " vrai ", l'itinéraire d'un inconnu, prototype des " masses de granit " que sont les " 100000 notables ", vainqueurs de la Révolution.
d'Artagnan, l'histoire et le mythe
D'Artagnan, ces trois syllabes frappent l'oreille, évoquent de multiples images pleines d'aventures romanesques, de beaux coups d'épée et de succès amoureux. D'Artagnan symbolise à la fois le Gascon et le héros du roman d'aventures dans l'esprit du XVIIe siècle.
