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Inquisitors and Heretics in Thirteenth-Century Languedoc
Edition and Translation of Toulouse Inquisition Depositions, 1273-1282
Series: - Studies in the History of Christian Traditions, Volume: 147
In the study of inquisition and heresy in Languedoc the late thirteenth century is a dark hole. This book redresses this, providing an edition and translation of depositions of heresy suspects interrogated in Toulouse 1273-82, preserved in a copy of 1669. The bookâs introduction investigates the history and reliability of this copy, and, together with the edition, illuminates the inquisitors and scribes who produced the original register. The edited text shows a Cathar hierarchy in exile in Italy, a Cathar revival in Languedoc, and its destruction by a re-launched inquisition. Inquisitorsâ questioning led to depositions which are extraordinarily colourful and lively, and in this they anticipate the circumstantial detail of the early fourteenth century depositions upon which Le Roy Ladurieâs famous Montaillou was based.
Peter Biller. D.Phil. (1974), University of Oxford, is Professor of Medieval History at the University of York. He has published extensively on medieval thought and heresy, including The Measure of Multitude: Population in Medieval Thought (Oxford, 2000), and The Waldenses 1170-1530 (Ashgate, 2001).
Caterina Bruschi, PhD (1996, Universita` degli Studi di Bologna), is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Birmingham. She has published a critical edition (Salvus Burcius, Liber Suprastella, Rome, Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medio Evo, 2002), and on medieval heresy, the inquisition, and medieval religious orders, including The Wandering Heretics of Languedoc (Cambridge, 2009).
Shelagh Sneddon, PhD (1994), University of Cambridge, is an Assistant Editor of the Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, University of Oxford. She has also worked on The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England for the University of St Andrews, and Medieval Petitions: A Catalogue of the Ancient Petitions in the Public Record Office for the University of York. Inquisitors and Heretics is her first major publication.
Caterina Bruschi, PhD (1996, Universita` degli Studi di Bologna), is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Birmingham. She has published a critical edition (Salvus Burcius, Liber Suprastella, Rome, Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medio Evo, 2002), and on medieval heresy, the inquisition, and medieval religious orders, including The Wandering Heretics of Languedoc (Cambridge, 2009).
Shelagh Sneddon, PhD (1994), University of Cambridge, is an Assistant Editor of the Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, University of Oxford. She has also worked on The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England for the University of St Andrews, and Medieval Petitions: A Catalogue of the Ancient Petitions in the Public Record Office for the University of York. Inquisitors and Heretics is her first major publication.
"Biller, Bruschi and Sneddon are to be congratulated, and warmly thanked; this is a massive book, a huge labour and a great gift to other scholars." â John Arnold, Birkbeck College, London, in: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History 63/3 (July 2012), p. 601
"This is an important collection, edited with great professionalism, with an informative introduction, detailed annotation, a calendar of depositions, and excellent indexes, all of which make the handing of the material so much easier and effective." â Malcolm Barber, in: The Catholic Historical Review 98/2 (2012), pp. 366-367
"Inquisitors and Heretics in Thirteenth-Century Languedoc provides an invaluable resource in the history of inquisition by making available important primary source materials in text and translation for the first time [â¦]. It is a treasure trove of documentary information and evidence for the modern scholar or student." â Larissa Tracy, Longwood University, in: The Sixteenth Century Journal 43/2 (2012), pp. 533-534
"A volume such as this probably would never have seen the light of day without Brill, and that is a cause for gratitude. Biller and his collaborators not only present in the original Latin an extensive inquisitorial register concerning thirteenth-century heresy but accompany that with facing page English translations: some four hundred pages of Latin; some four hundred pages in English; and some three hundred added pages of introduction, bibliography, and indices. The days of athletic scholarship have not passed." â Robert E. Lerner, Northwestern University, in: Rivista di Storia del Cristianesimo X/1 (2013), p. 238
"This is an important collection, edited with great professionalism, with an informative introduction, detailed annotation, a calendar of depositions, and excellent indexes, all of which make the handing of the material so much easier and effective." â Malcolm Barber, University of Reading
"This is an important collection, edited with great professionalism, with an informative introduction, detailed annotation, a calendar of depositions, and excellent indexes, all of which make the handing of the material so much easier and effective." â Malcolm Barber, in: The Catholic Historical Review 98/2 (2012), pp. 366-367
"Inquisitors and Heretics in Thirteenth-Century Languedoc provides an invaluable resource in the history of inquisition by making available important primary source materials in text and translation for the first time [â¦]. It is a treasure trove of documentary information and evidence for the modern scholar or student." â Larissa Tracy, Longwood University, in: The Sixteenth Century Journal 43/2 (2012), pp. 533-534
"A volume such as this probably would never have seen the light of day without Brill, and that is a cause for gratitude. Biller and his collaborators not only present in the original Latin an extensive inquisitorial register concerning thirteenth-century heresy but accompany that with facing page English translations: some four hundred pages of Latin; some four hundred pages in English; and some three hundred added pages of introduction, bibliography, and indices. The days of athletic scholarship have not passed." â Robert E. Lerner, Northwestern University, in: Rivista di Storia del Cristianesimo X/1 (2013), p. 238
"This is an important collection, edited with great professionalism, with an informative introduction, detailed annotation, a calendar of depositions, and excellent indexes, all of which make the handing of the material so much easier and effective." â Malcolm Barber, University of Reading
Preface
Preliminary Note
Abbreviations
Part 1: Introduction
Chapter 1 The History of Doat 25-26
i. âThe archive of the brothers preacher of Toulouseâ
ii. What do we know about the original register?
iii. Seventeenth-century evidence, and the âsixth registerâ
iv. The Doat commission
v. Libraries and modern scholarship
Chapter 2 The Inquisition of 1273-82
i. Heresy and inquisition in Languedoc before 1273
ii. The political background to the renewal of inquisition in 1273
iii. The inquisitors of 1273-82 and their household
Chapter 3 Interrogation, notaries and witnesses
i. The interrogation
ii. The notaries
iii. The witnesses of the depositions
Chapter 4 Scribal errors and the conventions of this edition and translation
i. Scribal errors
ii. Edition of the original Latin and French
iii. The English translation
a. Place -names
b. Personal names
Part 2: Edition and translation of Doat 25-26
List of deponents, in order of appearance in Doat 25-26
Calendar of depositions
The edition and translation
Index of persons, medieval
Index of persons, post-1500
Index of places
Bibliography
Preliminary Note
Abbreviations
Part 1: Introduction
Chapter 1 The History of Doat 25-26
i. âThe archive of the brothers preacher of Toulouseâ
ii. What do we know about the original register?
iii. Seventeenth-century evidence, and the âsixth registerâ
iv. The Doat commission
v. Libraries and modern scholarship
Chapter 2 The Inquisition of 1273-82
i. Heresy and inquisition in Languedoc before 1273
ii. The political background to the renewal of inquisition in 1273
iii. The inquisitors of 1273-82 and their household
Chapter 3 Interrogation, notaries and witnesses
i. The interrogation
ii. The notaries
iii. The witnesses of the depositions
Chapter 4 Scribal errors and the conventions of this edition and translation
i. Scribal errors
ii. Edition of the original Latin and French
iii. The English translation
a. Place -names
b. Personal names
Part 2: Edition and translation of Doat 25-26
List of deponents, in order of appearance in Doat 25-26
Calendar of depositions
The edition and translation
Index of persons, medieval
Index of persons, post-1500
Index of places
Bibliography
Institutes, academic libraries, students and educated laypeople interested in the history of the Middle Ages, the history of the Church, and in particular the history of medieval heresy and inquisition and medieval Languedoc, as well as specialists in medieval Latin and Occitan, and those concerned with 17th century historical research and editorial enterprises.
