Religion, power, and resistance from the eleventh to the sixteenth centuries: playing the heresy card
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349492213
Date de publication :
18 déc. 2015
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Addressing the myriad ways in which heresy accusations could fulfill political aims during the Middle Ages, this collection shows acts of heresy were not just influenced by religion. Essays examine individual cases, in addition to the close relationship of orthodoxy and political dominance in medieval games of power.