THE DEVILS WORLD
The Medieval World
Series editor: Julia Smith, University of St Andrews
Alfred the Great
Richard Abels
The Western Mediterranean Kingdom
David Abulafia
The Fourth Crusade
Michael Angold
The Cathars
Malcolm Barber
The Godwins
Frank Barlow
Philip Augustus
Jim Bradbury
Medieval Canon Law
J. A. Brundage
Crime in Medieval Europe
Trevor Dean
Charles I of Anjou
Jean Dunbabin
The Age of Charles Martel
Paul Fouracre
Margery Kempe
A. E. Goodman
Bastard Feudalism
M. Hicks
The Formation of English Common Law
John Hudson
The Mongols and the West
Peter Jackson
Cnut
K. Lawson
The Age of Robert Guiscard
Graham Loud
The English Church, 9401154
H. R. Loyn
Justinian
J. Moorhead
Ambrose
John Moorhead
The Devils World
Andrew P. Roach
The Reign of Richard Lionheart
Ralph Turner/Richard Heiser
The Welsh Princes
Roger Turvey
English Noblewomen in the Later Middle Ages
J. Ward
THE DEVILS WORLD
HERESY AND SOCIETY 11001300
ANDREW P. ROACH
First published 2005 by Pearson Education Limited
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Roach, Andrew.
The Devils world : heresy and society, 11001320 / Andrew Roach. 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0582279607 (pbk.)
1. Heresies, ChristianHistoryMiddle Ages, 6001500. 2. Christian sociologyHistoryMiddle Ages, 6001500. I. Title.
BT1319.R63 2005
273.6dc22
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Maps
Plates
1. Medieval manuscript illumination of troubadours from Alphonse le Sages Las Cantigas, c. thirteenth century.
2. Castello Scaligero, Sirmione, on Lake Garda: last refuge of the Italian Cathars, captured 1276.
3. Plan scnographique de 1550: Archives municipales de Lyon. Sixteenth-century plan of the city of Lyon, showing cathedral, fortified ecclesiastical quarter, and cathedral wharf from the time of Valdes.
4. Saint Dominic Sending Forth the Hounds of the Lord, with Saint Peter Martyr and Saint Thomas Aquinas, c.1369 (fresco) by Andrea di Bonaiuto: the scene shows Thomas using books to convert heretics as well as making the punning reference to domini canes, dogs of the Lord.
5. The staircase under which lived Saint Alexis, the inspiration for Valdes of Lyon. Staircase now in the church of SantAlessio, Rome.
6. Italian fresco with Saint Francis of Assisi, without halo or stigmata; probably the earliest picture.
7. View of Carcassonne from the west side, state of the fortifications and the city in 1853 before restoration.
8. Saint Francis of Assisi: Cimabues fresco in the Lower Basilica, Assisi.
9. Saint Francis Releases the Heretic, 129799 (fresco) by Giotto di Bondone: a posthumous miracle of Saint Francis (flying left!). Giottos painting depicts the penitent heretic (Pietro dAlife) with some dignity; earnest, bearded and barefoot.
10. Montsgur Castle, Languedoc, by Simon Marsden: a besiegers view of the Cathar redoubt captured in 1244.
11. Saint Peter Martyr (oil on panel) by Vittore Carpaccio, c. fifteenth century.
12. Ruined Arena, Verona. Execution site of heretics captured at Sirmione.
13. Keeping the customers happy: the Bishop of Paris Blessing the Lendit Fair in the fourteenth century.
14. The Porziuncola (Portiuncola), Assisi. First home of the Franciscans. Now completely endorsed in church of Santa Maria degli Angeli.
15. Interior of Franciscan church of Santa Croce, Florence.
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