The War On Heresy: Faith and Power in Medieval Europe Paperback - 2012
by R. I. Moore
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- Title The War On Heresy: Faith and Power in Medieval Europe
- Author R. I. Moore
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Edition
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Profile Books(GB), London
- Date 2012-05-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # GOR004747393
- ISBN 9781846681967 / 1846681960
- Dewey Decimal Code 940.18
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Summary
In western Europe at AD 1000 heresy had barely been heard of. Yet within a few generations accusations had become commonplace and institutions were being set up to identify and suppress beliefs and practices seen as departures from true religion. Fears of heresy inspired passions that moulded European society for the rest of the middle ages and resulted in a series of persecutions that left an indelible mark on its history and culture. Popular accounts of events - most notably of the Albigensian Crusade led by Europe against itself - have assumed the threats posed by the heretical movements were only too real. Some scholars by contrast have tried to show that reports of heresy were exaggerated or even fabricated: but if they are correct why was the war on heresy launched at all? And why was it conducted with such pitiless ferocity?
To find the answers to these and other questions R. I. Moore returns to the evidence of the time. His investigation forms the basis for an account as profound as it is startlingly original.
