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Truth and the Heretic : Crises of Knowledge in Medieval French Literature by Karen Sullivan (2005, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN-100226781690
ISBN-139780226781693
eBay Product ID (ePID)45960916
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameTruth and the Heretic : Crises of Knowledge in Medieval French Literature
SubjectEuropean / French, Christianity / General, Europe / General
Publication Year2005
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Religion, History
AuthorKaren Sullivan
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight19.1 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2005-002673
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"An intelligent, provocative, and well-written book. It comes as an answer to the challenge to historiography . . . what if history is shaped primarily by the things that cannot be spoken of?"-Sarah Kay, Speculum, "Fascinating, insightful, and highly provocative. . . . Literary analysis sheds important light on fundamental epistemological questions, whether we consider hereticism as the basis upon which these texts were built, or whether we simply accept the criticism voiced in them at face value."-Albrecht Classen, Mediaevistik, "Sullivan examines both didactic and literary authors, asserting that the heretic in medieval Europe was an imaginary construct. No one ever considered him- or herself a heretic, but orthodoxy felt the need to protect itself against those whose beliefs suggested that sacred texts could propose multiple meanings....Superbly documented, this book proposes a fascinating way of revealing the medieval mind. For didacticliterature to acknowledge any merit in heretics was unthinkable, but in literary characters the secretiveness and trickery often associated with heretics were delightful....Highly recommended."-- Choice, "Sullivan examines both didactic and literary authors, asserting that the heretic in medieval Europe was an imaginary construct. No one ever considered him- or herself a heretic, but orthodoxy felt the need to protect itself against those whose beliefs suggested that sacred texts could propose multiple meanings....Superbly documented, this book proposes a fascinating way of revealing the medieval mind. For didacticliterature to acknowledge any merit in heretics was unthinkable, but in literary characters the secretiveness and trickery often associated with heretics were delightful....Highly recommended."-Choice, Fascinating, insightful, and highly provocative. . . . Literary analysis sheds important light on fundamental epistemological questions, whether we consider hereticism as the basis upon which these texts were built, or whether we simply accept the criticism voiced in them at face value., An intelligent, provocative, and well-written book. It comes as an answer to the challenge to historiography . . . what if history is shaped primarily by the things that cannot be spoken of?, "Sullivan examines both didactic and literary authors, asserting that the heretic in medieval Europe was an imaginary construct. No one ever considered him- or herself a heretic, but orthodoxy felt the need to protect itself against those whose beliefs suggested that sacred texts could propose multiple meanings....Superbly documented, this book proposes a fascinating way of revealing the medieval mind. For didacticliterature to acknowledge any merit in heretics was unthinkable, but in literary characters the secretiveness and trickery often associated with heretics were delightful....Highly recommended."- Choice
Dewey Decimal840.9/382628
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Half-Opened Door, the Lowered Hood, the Smile: Béatris de Planissoles and the Heretics of Montaillou 2. A Garden of Holy Companionship: The Secrecy of the "Manichaeans" and Cathars 3. A Garden, Locked and Fortified: Heresy, Secrecy, and Troubadour Lyric 4. The Stoning of Lady Guirauda: The Singularity of Noble Heretics 5. The Ropes Cutting into Iseut's Wrists: Heresy, Singularity, and the Romance of Tristan 6. Proteus Teaching in the Fields: The Duplicity of the Waldensians 7. The Heretic in the Poultry Yard: Heresy, Duplicity, and Medieval Comic Tales Conclusion Selected Bibliography Index
SynopsisIn the Middle Ages, the heretic, more than any other social or religious deviant, was experienced as an imaginary construct. Everyone believed heretics existed, but no one believed himself or herself to be a heretic, even if condemned as such by representatives of the Catholic Church. Those accused of heresy, meanwhile, maintained that they were the good Christians and their accusers were the false ones. Exploring the figure of the heretic in Catholic writings of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries as well as the heretic's characterological counterpart in troubadour lyrics, Arthurian romance, and comic tales, Truth and the Heretic seeks to understand why French literature of the period celebrated the very characters who were so persecuted in society at large. Karen Sullivan proposes that such literature allowed medieval culture a means by which to express truths about heretics and the epistemological anxieties they aroused. The first book-length study of the figure of the heretic in medieval French literature, Truth and the Heretic explores the relation between orthodoxy and deviance, authority and innovation, and will fascinate historians of ideas and literature as well as scholars of religion, critical theory, and philosophy.
LC Classification NumberPQ155.H38S85 2005
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