The Beguines of Medieval Świdnica - The Interrogation of the Daughters of Odelindis in 1332

Documents recording the interrogation of sixteen women and the nature of their unusual spiritual practices, now available in a full edition and, for the first time, a full English translation.

List of contents

Foreword by Robert E. Lerner

Part One: Historical Studies
Preface
1. The Rise of the Beguines
2. The Council of Vienne and the Persecution of Beguines
3. John of Schwenkenfeld O.P. and the Interrogations of ¿widnica Beguines
4. The Daughters of Odelindis: Identity and Religious Practice
5. A Dominican Inquisitor and Theological Controversies of His Times
6. Conclusions

Part Two: Latin Edition and English Translation of the 1332 Protocol
Description of the Manuscripts
Criticial Study
Editorial Principles
Examinatio testium in causa Capuciatarum monialium in Swydnicz
Examination of Witnesses in the Case of the Hooded Sisters at ¿widnica

The Swesteren of Odelind of Piritz and Cologne and their European Context
Letha Böhringer

Bibliography
Index

About the author

Pawe¿ Kras is Associate Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin and Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies in Lublin; his main area of study is the systems of the Inquisition in Medieval Europe.

Summary

Documents recording the interrogation of sixteen women and the nature of their unusual spiritual practices, now available in a full edition and, for the first time, a full English translation.

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Tomasz GaÅ‚uszka, Dr. Tomasz Galuszka, Tomasz Galuszka, Pawel Kras, Professor PaweÅ‚ Kras, Professor Pawel Kras
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9781914049125
• ISBN: 978-1-914049-12-5
• No. of pages: 316
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 238 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 596 g
• Series: Heresy and Inquisition in the; Heresy and Inquisition in the Middle Ages
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous