IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 109: Dangerous Doctrines, I: Heresy Trials as Fields of Negotiation
Monday 13 July 2009, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Exzellenzcluster 'Religion und Politik', Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster |
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| Organisers: | Melanie Brunner, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds Sita Steckel, Department of History, Harvard University / Exzellenzcluster 'Religion & Politik', Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster |
| Moderator/Chair: | Melanie Brunner, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
| Paper 109-a | Trial and Error in Trials of Error: The Development of Forms of Procedure in Heresy Trials against Early Scholastic Theologians (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Philosophy, Politics and Diplomacy, Theology |
| Paper 109-b | On a Dangerous Trail: The German Dominicans and Eckhart's Condemnation (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Philosophy, Theology |
| Paper 109-c | A European Perspective: Avignon, Munich, and Milan - Charges of Heresy as Political Instruments during the Pontificate of John XXII (1316-1334) (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | The double session explores the role of heresy trials and condemnations in intellectual and political conflicts of the Central and Later Middle Ages. Starting hypothesis is that in the 12th to 14th centuries, highly visible heresy condemnations of a political nature, as well as trials of scholars and learned traditions, established fields of negotiation: both the limits of potentially dangerous doctrine and of political power were constructed and redefined. This first half of a double session will focus on the development of procedures, the formation of opinion, and the intersection of political and religious interests in heresy trials. |