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"Main description: Some of the most portentous events in medieval history-the Cathar crusade, the persecution and mass burnings of heretics, the papal inquisition-fall between 1000 and 1250, when the Catholic Church confronted the threat of heresy with force. Moore's narrative focuses on the motives and anxieties of elites who waged war on heresy for political gain."
"Between 1000 and 1250, the Catholic Church confronted the threat of heresy with increasing force. Some of the most portentous events in medieval history -- the Cathar crusade, the persecution and mass burnings of heretics, the papal inquisition established to identify and suppress beliefs that departed from the true religion -- date from this period. Fear of heresy molded European society for the rest of the Middle Ages and beyond, and violent persecutions of the accused left an indelible mark. Yet, as R.I. Moore suggests, the version of these events that has come down to us may be more propaganda than historical reality. Popular accounts of heretical events, most notably the Cathar crusade, are derived from thirteenth-century inquisitors who saw organized heretical movements as a threat to society. Skeptical of the reliability of their reports, Moore reaches back to earlier contemporaneous sources, where he learns a startling truth: no coherent opposition to Catholicism, outside the Church itself, existed. The Cathars turn out to be a mythical construction, and religious difference does not explain the origins of battles against heretic practices and beliefs. A truer explanation lies in conflicts among elites -- both secular and religious -- who used the specter of heresy to extend their political and cultural authority and silence opposition. By focusing on the motives, anxieties, and interests of those who waged war on heresy, Moore's narrative reveals that early heretics may have died for their faith, but it was not because of their faith that they were put to death. - Publisher."
"A narrative history covering the period c .1000 to c. 1300 AD, making no assumptions about what readers already know and which presents the following argument: there were countless variations in religious belief and practice in the first centuries of the second millennium - as there had been practically since the beginning of the first - but none was a threat: unorthodox doctrine in itself posed no danger to church or secular authority and was not a source of serious anxiety before the middle of the twelfth century. The threat of heresy was manufactured, pursued less to save souls than to gain."@en
"In AD 1000 heresy had barely been heard of, yet within a few generations accusations were commonplace and institutions had been set up to identify beliefs seen as departures from true religion. This book examines evidence of the time and looks at the motives of those who conducted the war on heresy."
"Between 1000 and 1250, the Catholic Church confronted the threat of heresy with increasing force. Some of the most portentous events in medieval history -- the Cathar crusade, the persecution and mass burnings of heretics, the papal inquisition established to identify and suppress beliefs that departed from the true religion -- date from this period. Fear of heresy molded European society for the rest of the Middle Ages and beyond, and violent persecutions of the accused left an indelible mark. Yet, as R. I. Moore suggests, the version of these events that has come down to us may be more propaganda than historical reality. Popular accounts of heretical events, most notably the Cathar crusade, are derived from thirteenth-century inquisitors who saw organized heretical movements as a threat to society. Skeptical of the reliability of their reports, Moore reaches back to earlier contemporaneous sources, where he learns a startling truth: no coherent opposition to Catholicism, outside the Church itself, existed. The Cathars turn out to be a mythical construction, and religious difference does not explain the origins of battles against heretic practices and beliefs. A truer explanation lies in conflicts among elites -- both secular and religious -- who used the specter of heresy to extend their political and cultural authority and silence opposition. By focusing on the motives, anxieties, and interests of those who waged war on heresy, Moore's narrative reveals that early heretics may have died for their faith, but it was not because of their faith that they were put to death. - Publisher."@en

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"The war on heresy : the battle for faith and power in medieval Europe"
"The war on heresy : the battle for faith and power in medieval Europe"@en
"La guerra contra la herejía : fe y poder en la Europa medieval"
"La guerra contra la herejía : fe y poder en la Europa medieval"@es
"The war on heresy"
"The War on Heresy"
"The war on heresy faith and power in medieval europe"@en
"The War on Heresy"@en
"War on heresy"
"The war on heresy : faith and power in medieval Europe"
"The war on heresy : faith and power in medieval Europe"@en
"˜Theœ War on Heresy"
"The War on Heresy : Faith and Power in Medieval Europe"

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