IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 226: Papal Imperialism and the Empire of Evil: Heresy, Witchcraft, and the Expansion of Papal Power
Monday 7 July 2014, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, University of Sydney |
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| Organiser: | Lola Sharon Davidson, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney |
| Moderator/Chair: | Penelope Joan Nash, School of Philosophical & Historical Inquiry, University of Sydney |
| Paper 226-a | Vox in Rama and the Trial of Alice Kyteler: The Origins of Witchcraft and the Empire of Evil (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History, Mentalities, Women's Studies |
| Paper 226-b | Imperial Contests: Heresy, Witchcraft, and Law in the Trial of Alice Kyteler (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History, Law, Women's Studies |
| Paper 226-c | 'To Hurl the Spirits of Gandul': A 1325 Case of Witchcraft from the Imperial Edge of Europe (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History, Folk Studies, Women's Studies |
| Abstract | This session discusses ecclesiastical rhetoric about witchcraft and Satan's evil empire as a technique of papal imperialism. The first paper traces the development of this rhetoric in a series of documents from 1130 to 1250, with a particular focus on the role of heresy in the emerging discourse on demonic dualism. The second paper looks at the 1325 trial of Alice Kyteler in Anglo-Norman Ireland and the resulting conflict between secular and ecclesiastical jurisdictions. The third paper examines the first recorded witchcraft trial from the Nordic region, from the same year and a different part of the European periphery. |