About this title: Catharism was a popular medieval heresy based on the belief that the creation of humankind was a disaster in which angelic spirits were trapped in matter by the devil. Their only goal was to escape the body through purification. Cathars denied any value to material life, including the human body, baptism, and the Eucharist, even marriage and childbirth. What could explain the long popularity of such a bleak faith in the towns of southern France and Italy? Power and Purity explores the place of cathar heresy in the life of the medieval Italian town of Orvieto. Based on extensive archival ...
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 9/27/2001
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2/12/1998
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Publisher: OUP USA
Date Published: 1998
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1998
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Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 210x140. This book is printed on demand. (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) (278) power and purity explores the place of cathar heresy in the life of a medieval italian town. based on archival research, it details the social makeup of the cathar community and argues that cathar beliefs about the body addressed questions about sexual difference and the structure of authority that were central to medieval italian life. (Hardback) read more
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York & Oxford
Date Published: 1998
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2001-09-27
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Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2001
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