Euan Cameron

Waldenses

Rejections of Holy Church in Medieval Europe

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides the first full single-volume scholarly account in English of the "Waldenses" and examination of the concept of "Waldensianism" from the late 12th century to the Reformation. "Waldenses" is the name given to diverse and widely-scattered groups of religious dissenters since the time of the movement's reputed founder, a rich citizen of Lyon called Valdesius, in the late twelfth century. Though living within the culture of the Catholic Church, these people doubted the holiness of its priesthood and questioned its teachings about the destiny of souls after death. The various strands of this movement emerged and endured over a long period of time. In consequence some earlier historians assumed, rather than demonstrated, that 'Waldensian' heresy remained one coherent phenomenon throughout its life-span. They also tended to neglect some of the transient or 'untypical' aspects of the movement. This new book draws on primary sources to consider each of the manifestations of the movement in turn. It examines connections in space and time through correspondence and tradition between the different groups of Waldenses. It also asks what were the common threads in certain characteristics of religious practice, linking in differing degrees all the forms that the movement took.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Stax Textbooks
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 159mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9780631153399
• ISBN-10: 063115339X
• Artikelnr.: 22370776

Autorenporträt

Euan Cameron is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is author of The European Reformation (1991) and editor of Early Modern Europe: An Oxford History (1999) and has published a number of journal articles on heresy and the Reformation. His first book on Waldensian heresy, The Reformation of the Heretics, was published in 1984.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.

Introduction.

Part I: The First Phase.

1. Before Heresy: Valdesius and the Poor Brethren at Lyons to1184.

2. Disobedient Preachers, 1184-c. 1210.

3. The Lombard 'Poor in Spirit', c. 1205-c. 1240.

4. The Reconciliations with Rome, 1208-1212.

Part II: The Age of Inquisition, 13th-15th Centuries.

Introduction: The Impact of Organized InquisitorialActivity.

5. Waldenses in Occitan France c. 1220-1320.

6. Germany and Eastern Europe.

7. The South-Western Alps.

Part III: The Alpine Waldenses Confront theReformation.

8. The Alpine 'Barbes' and Their Culture c. 1520.

9. The Encounters of 1530-2 and Their Outcomes.

10. Calvin's Geneva Takes Over in Piedmont, 1555-1565.

Epilogue: The Waldenses as Persecuted Martyrs and the 'TrueChurch'.

Conclusions and Reflections.

Bibliography.

Index.

Rezensionen

"... exemplary in its clarity and comprehensiveness and will easilycount as the standard treatment in the subject for years to come."Times Literary Supplement

"[Cameron's] command of the difficult and controversial evidenceis masterly throughout this study, and his grasp of the ideas whichformed the movement, and the different approaches of the newProtestantism, is outstanding. This book will provide astarting-point for future study of the Waldenses." Journal ofTheological Studies

"A scholarly account ranging from the late twelfth century tothe Reformation..." Missiology: An InternationalReview

"Waldenses is a lucid, nuanced, and intelligentassesment of the history of this diverse group of medievaldissenters.... Cameron's assesments are penetraing and sound...[the book] should find its way onto the bookshelves of manyscholars and students interested in medieval religious cultures."Shannon McSheffrey, Concordia University