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Informationen zum Autor Malcolm Lambert was Reader in Medieval History at the University of Bristol until 1991 when he retired to devote himself to writing and research. His previous books are Franciscan Poverty (1961, reissued 1998) and Medieval Heresy (2nd edition, 1992). Klappentext This is the first comprehensive account in English of the most feared and the most mysterious of medieval heretics. A crusade was launched to uproot them in the south of France, the Inquisition was developed to suppress them, and St Dominic founded his friars to preach against them. Their history and that of the medieval Church are inextricably mingled. This book puts the Cathars back into the context where they belong - that of medieval Catholicism. It studies the rise and fall of the heresy from the twelfth-century Rhineland to fifteenth-century Bosnia and the Church's counteraction, peaceful and violent. Within the exposition, Italian Cathars are given their rightful place, a chapter is devoted to the puzzle of the Bosnian Church, and perspective is given to Le Roy Ladurie's brilliant but wayward Montaillou . A final survey assesses the legacy of a heresy which still exerts its strange fascination. This book combines scholarly investigation with lucid narrative. It is, in short, historical writing at its best and likely to become the definitive account of a subject of enduring interest and importance. Zusammenfassung Presents an account of the most feared and the most mysterious of medieval heretics. A crusade was launched to uproot them in the south of France! the Inquisition was developed to suppress them! and St Dominic founded his friars to preach against them. This book studies the rise and fall of the heresy from the 12th-century to 15th-century. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations. List of Maps. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. The Little Foxes. 2. The First Cathars. 3. The Wise Man from the East. 4. The Growth of Catharism. 5. Innocent III, Heresy and Reform. 6. The First Inquisitors. 7. The Cathars of Languedoc. 8. The Battle for Souls in Italy. 9. The Suffocating of Catharism in Languedoc. 10. The Last Missionary. 11. The Decline of Italian Catharism. 12. Inertia and Survival: the Bosnian Church. Epilogue: The Legacy of Catharism. List of Abbreviations. Index. ...
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Malcolm Lambert was Reader in Medieval History at the University of Bristol until 1991 when he retired to devote himself to writing and research. His previous books are Franciscan Poverty (1961, reissued 1998) and Medieval Heresy (2nd edition, 1992).
