Catharism and Heresy

Research Paper about Catharism and heresy

I have a 10 page draft. The paper needs to be on the topic of Catharism. So far I have created an annotated bibliography with sources for the paper, and also have a portion of the Introduction written. I am attaching the prompt and requirements. It is relatively vague, but the professor put an emphasis on the paper having a thesis that can be argued. You will be able to see in my uploaded work the angle I am going for.

Here is a google docs link to my annotated bibliography with notes from him: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WEw9okYakYgT67xBJKH0lfnnIv5EtitpWg8ruT8tZeY/edit#bookmark=id.gjdgxs

Online Resources for Primary Sources (relating to catharsism)

Fordham Sourcebook (English)

https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/sbook1s.asp#Medieval%20Heresy

Inquisition Trials (English)

http://www.sjsu.edu/people/nancy.stork/jacquesfournier/

Online Sources (has good search feature. Make sure to specify you want online sources and English translations for fastest results)

http://medievalsourcesbibliography.org/sources.php?text_title=&editor=&link=1&date_begin=&date_end=&trans_english=1®ion=&type%5B%5D=Inquisition+-+Heresy

UCLA Library Guides

http://guides.library.ucla.edu/history

http://guides.library.ucla.edu/medieval

Witchcraft (English)

http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/w/witch/digital.html

Malleus Maleficarum (English)

http://www.malleusmaleficarum.org/

De Heresi

http://medieval-inquisition.huma-num.fr/

Archive.org

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Catharism and Heresy

In the medieval period, Catharism was the most prominent movement that taught views contrary to Catholicism in the West. Cathars were inspired by Bogomil, a heretic movement that held radical beliefs against the Roman Church. The Bogomil believed the Catholic Church was a temple of the devil, consecration was worthless, and they could bear suffering without pain (Medieval Sourcebook: Anna Comnena: The Bogomils, c. 1110).  Emperors…

 

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