On Cathars, Albigenses, and good men of Languedoc
[Journal of Medieval History, 2001, 27(2) 181–195]
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11892830 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Gregory Pegg (Washington University in St. Louis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 417-417 |
| Publication date | 2001-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Medieval History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-4181 • E-ISSN: 1873-1279 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/s0304-4181(01)00019-7 |
| OpenAlex | W2019544651 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This essay proposes a re-evaluation of how Cathars, Albigenses, and the heresy of the good men are studied. It argues that some commonplace notions about the Cathars, virtually unaltered for over a hundred years, are far from settled — especially when inquisition records from Languedoc are taken into account. This historiography rests upon an intellectualist and idealist bias, that, in the end, unwittingly restricts the historical imagination. This essay, by looking at some implications of this methodological tendency, suggests how the history of the Cathars, Albigenses, and the good men might be rethought
Archaeology · Epistemology · Heresy · Historiography · Theology · European Political History Analysis · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Medieval and Early Modern Justice · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |