Truth and the Heretic
Crises of Knowledge in Medieval French Literature
288 pages
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6 x 9
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© 2005
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Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The Half-Opened Door, the Lowered Hood, the Smile: Béatris de Planissoles and the Heretics of Montaillou
2. A Garden of Holy Companionship: The Secrecy of the "Manichaeans" and Cathars
3. A Garden, Locked and Fortified: Heresy, Secrecy, and Troubadour Lyric
4. The Stoning of Lady Guirauda: The Singularity of Noble Heretics
5. The Ropes Cutting into Iseut’s Wrists: Heresy, Singularity, and the Romance of Tristan
6. Proteus Teaching in the Fields: The Duplicity of the Waldensians
7. The Heretic in the Poultry Yard: Heresy, Duplicity, and Medieval Comic Tales
Conclusion
Selected Bibliography
Index
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The Half-Opened Door, the Lowered Hood, the Smile: Béatris de Planissoles and the Heretics of Montaillou
2. A Garden of Holy Companionship: The Secrecy of the "Manichaeans" and Cathars
3. A Garden, Locked and Fortified: Heresy, Secrecy, and Troubadour Lyric
4. The Stoning of Lady Guirauda: The Singularity of Noble Heretics
5. The Ropes Cutting into Iseut’s Wrists: Heresy, Singularity, and the Romance of Tristan
6. Proteus Teaching in the Fields: The Duplicity of the Waldensians
7. The Heretic in the Poultry Yard: Heresy, Duplicity, and Medieval Comic Tales
Conclusion
Selected Bibliography
Index
Review Quotes
Albrecht Classen | Mediaevistik
"Fascinating, insightful, and highly provocative. . . . Literary analysis sheds important light on fundamental epistemological questions, whether we consider hereticism as the basis upon which these texts were built, or whether we simply accept the criticism voiced in them at face value."
Sarah Kay | Speculum
"An intelligent, provocative, and well-written book. It comes as an answer to the challenge to historiography . . . what if history is shaped primarily by the things that cannot be spoken of?"
Modern Language Association: MLA Scaglione Prize for French and Francophone Studies
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