Title: Representing heresy in early modern France /
Authors: Radi, Lidia,; Scarlatta, Gabriella,
Year: 2017
Subjects: Heresy History.; Christian heresies France History.; Heresy Social aspects France History.; Heresy Political aspects France History.; Christianity and culture France History.; France Church history.; France Social conditions; France Social conditions; France Social conditions
Abstract: "Heresy is a fluid concept, not easy to define or pinpoint, and certainly one that defies religious and political boundaries. Heresy could be said to be a cultural construct manufactured by competing narratives. The articles in this volume examine the varieties of perceptions and representations of heresy in early modern France. In so doing, they reveal that such perceptions and representations have had more of an impact on our understanding of heresy than heresy itself. This, in turn, provides us with new and stimulating viewpoints on how heresy was recognized and depicted at the intersections of faith, art, gender, poetry, history, and politics."--