Table of Contents Syllabus, Assignments, Bibliography p. 1 Gesta Abbatum Trudonensium p. 16 Inquisition Documents p. 18 Texts on Poverty Heresies p. 22 Bernard Gui on Fra Dolcino p. 29 Documents on Witchcraft p. 35 Superstition in Medieval Canon Law p. 41 The Trial at Todi p. 67
<strong>HS</strong> <strong>4476</strong> Spring 2010 Fr. A. Thompson, O.P. T 8:10-11:00, DSPT 3 SEMINAR: <strong>MEDIEVAL</strong> <strong>HERETICS</strong> <strong>AND</strong> <strong>INQUISITORS</strong> Instructor's Office Hours: MT 9:30-10:30 (DSPT 116E) Instructor’s Phone: 510-883-2055 (office); 510-596-1800 (home) COURSE DESCRIPTION: Students in this seminar will read and discuss the sources <strong>for</strong> Christian dissenting movements during the period 1000-1400. Focus will be on "popular" heresies: Cathars, Waldensians, Joachites, Fraticelli, Dolcinites, Free Spirits, witches etc. We shall also examine how Orthodoxy responded to dissent: persuasion, coercion, repression, and inquisition. The goal of this course will be acquiring the background and techniques needed to understand and interpret original sources on dissent and its repression in the middle ages. The outcome will be that the student is able to write an original research paper, potentially publishable as an article, on some aspect of medieval dissent or its repression, using original sources and showings control of modern scholarly literature on the topic. Required Reading ALL THESE BOOKS WILL ALSO BE ON RESERVE AT THE GTU LIBRARY, IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BUY THEM. The Bible. Those who are unacquainted with this book should make time to read as much as they can. Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error (Braziller, 2008) $19.95 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807615986 Bernard Hamilton, The Medieval Inquisition. This book is out of print. A copy will be available on reserve in the GTU library. Heresies of the High Middle Ages, W. Wakefield and A. Evans (Columbia UP, 1991). $45.00 http://www.amazon.com/Heresies-High-Middle-Walter-Wakefield/dp/0231096321 Heresy and Authority in Medieval Europe, E. Peters, ed. (Philadelphia: Univ. of Penn. Press, 1980: 0-8122-1103-0). $27.50 http://www.amazon.com/Heresy-Authority-Medieval-Europe-Middle/dp/0812211030 Malcolm Lambert, Medieval Heresy. 3d. ed. (Ox<strong>for</strong>d: Blackwell, 2002). $55.95 http://www.amazon.com/Medieval-Heresy-Movements-Gregorian-Re<strong>for</strong>mation/dp/ 0631222766 Other Requirements of Course: 1. Active participation in discussions and reparation of presentations (50% of grade), including a weekly 10 minute oral report. 2. A major, 20 page, research paper, based on original sources: 50% of grade each.