Forming Identity and Legitimizing Leadership: Why the 12th-13th
Century Narratives about the History of Cathar Groups are Not
Pure Polemical Fantasy

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Forming Identity and Legitimizing Leadership: Why the 12th-13th Century Narratives about the History of Cathar Groups are Not Pure Polemical Fantasy

ZBÍRAL, David

Základní údaje

Originální název

Forming Identity and Legitimizing Leadership: Why the 12th-13th Century Narratives about the History of Cathar Groups are Not Pure Polemical Fantasy

Autoři

ZBÍRAL, David

Vydání

International Medieval Congress 2013 : Pleasure, Leeds, 1-4 July 2013, 2013

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/13:00066258

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Catharism; Cathars; foundation myths; De heresi catharorum; Tractatus de hereticis

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 1. 4. 2014 12:42, Mgr. Vendula Hromádková

Anotace

V originále

Several texts from the 12th and 13th centuries (Ebervin of Steinfeld's letter to St. Bernard, 1143/1147; De heresi catharorum, 1190/1215; Charter of Niquinta, 1220s?; Tractatus de hereticis, 1250/1280) depict the beginnings of various dissident groups labeled Cathar by some modern scholars. These narratives have been studied mostly as either historical facts or polemical fictions. In this paper, I try to refine this sharp division. In the light of current discussions on the "invention of heresy", and in line with Peter Biller's article "Goodbye to Waldensianism?" (Past and Present, 192, 2006, 3-33), I argue that there are good reasons not to consider these narratives mono-vocal polemical fables, as Jean-Louis Biget has claimed following (and slightly simplifying) Gabriele Zanella's thoughts, but a poly-vocal narrative trying to make sense of Cathar groups also using their own narratives. This view deliberately counters the current deconstructionist trend, eye-opening in many ways but ideological when transformed into a dogma sweeping away what interpretive historical work should continue to be, i.e. the patient and open-minded reading of sources.

Návaznosti

GAP401/12/0657, projekt VaV

Název: Prameny ke studiu nesouhlasných náboženských hnutí ve středověkém západním křesťanství se zaměřením na katarství

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Prameny ke studiu nesouhlasných náboženských hnutí ve středověkém západním křesťanství se zaměřením na katarství

Citovat

ZBÍRAL, David. Forming Identity and Legitimizing Leadership: Why the 12th-13th Century Narratives about the History of Cathar Groups are Not Pure Polemical Fantasy. In International Medieval Congress 2013 : Pleasure, Leeds, 1-4 July 2013. 2013.

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ZBÍRAL, David. Forming Identity and Legitimizing Leadership: Why the 12th-13th Century Narratives about the History of Cathar Groups are Not Pure Polemical Fantasy. In \textit{International Medieval Congress 2013 : Pleasure, Leeds, 1-4 July 2013}. 2013.

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