Containing text in Spanish, this title presents a summary of over 23 years research into the writing of the Bible. Initially, the search was begun with the hope of proving that the Bible and its teachings are correct and unique. But, the archaeological and historic sources painted a rather different picture than the accepted norm.
In 1492, the Jews of Spain were given a choice - convert to Christianity or be expelled from Spain. This calendar of Jewish cases brought before the Canariote Inquisition between 1499 and 1818 shows both the workings of the inquistion, and the lives of the crypto-Jews during their repression.
A significant reappraisal of the Spanish Inquisition, focusing on the lands beyond Castile.
The first study in English of Montanism since 1878, covering the role of women.
The first major study in English of a group of late twelfth-century religious enthusiasts in north Italy.
Catharism was a popular medieval heresy based on the belief that the creation of humankind was a disaster in which angelic spirits were trapped in matter by the devil. This text explores its place in medieval Orvieto, studying the community's social makeup and the centrality of heresy.
Witch hunting was a means of restoring belief in the veracity of official teachings about the supernatural realm. Waite argues that it was only when the authorities came to terms with religious pluralism that there was a corresponding decline in witch panics.
Jansenism was an important religious phenomenon in European life, yet during the 17th century its followers denied its very existence. The author explains why Jansenism was so important and recreates the religious and intellectual world which fostered it.
Offering an account of five centuries of social and spiritual turmoil, this book provides a telling mix of events, personality and ideas.
The Cathars, a group of heretical Christians from all walks of society, high and low, flourished in what is now the Languedoc in Southern France. Their subversive beliefs brought down on them the wrath of Popes and monarchs and provoked a brutal 'Crusade' against them.
Pegg's narrative of the massacres of the crusades- a fervor of cleansing the world of heresy, and a fear that Christendom was being eaten away by heretics is gripping. Innocent IIIs holy genocidal war fundamentally changed how Western civilization dealt with individuals accused of corrupting society, and led to the creation of the inquisition.
The mystique surrounding the Cathars is as strong as ever, and Sean Martin recounts their story and the myths associated with them in this book.
Following the model of his bestselling Forbidden History , the author has assembled from his bi-monthly journal Atlantis Rising material that explores the hidden path of the religions banned by the orthodox Church. He gives an introduction to the true history of the heretical religious traditions that played as a role in society.
A brief guide to the history of England's only native medieval heretical movement. From its 14th-century origins in the theology of an Oxford professor, John Wyclif, Richard Rex examines the spread of Lollardy across much of England until its eventual dissolution in the 16th century.
A brief guide to the history of England's only native medieval heretical movement. From its 14th-century origins in the theology of an Oxford professor, John Wyclif, Richard Rex examines the spread of Lollardy across much of England until its eventual dissolution in the 16th century.