IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 625: Book against Book: Heretical Texts and Texts about Heresy
Tuesday 8 July 2014, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews |
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| Organiser: | Justine Trombley, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews |
| Moderator/Chair: | Reima Välimäki, Department of Cultural History / Turku Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, University of Turku |
| Paper 625-a | Anselm of Alexandria's Tractatus de Hereticis: New Perspectives beyond Dondaine (Language: English) Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Religious Life |
| Paper 625-b | Falsus et Hereticus: Re-Condemning The Mirror of Simple Souls in the 14th and 15th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Religious Life |
| Abstract | Texts played a starring role in medieval heresy, whether they were employed in attempts at its repression, composed for and by members of a particular sect, or stood independently as a heresy in their own right. This session looks at heresy in its many textual manifestations, looking at particular manuscript traditions, how texts were utilised within heretical sects, how medieval writers and thinkers composed works against heresy, and how inquisitors and other church authorities dealt with heretical texts long since separated from their human authors. |