Table of Contents

Questions about the Cathars - Antonio Sennis
The Paradigm of Catharism; or, the Historians' Illusion - Mark Pegg
The Cathar Middle Ages as a Methodological and Historiographical Problem - John H Arnold
The Heretical Dissidence of the 'Good Men' in the Albigeois [1276-1329]: Localism and Resistance to Roman Clericalism - Julien Théry-Astruc
The Heretici of Languedoc: Local Holy Men and Women or Organized Religious Group? New Evidence from Inquisitorial, Notarial and Historiographical Sources - Jörg Feuchter
Cathar Links with the Balkans and Byzantium - Bernard Hamilton
Pseudepigraphic and Parabiblical Narratives and Elements in Medieval Eastern Christian Dualism and Their Implications for the Rise and Evolution of Catharism - Yuri Stoyanov
The Cathars from Non-Catholic Sources - David d'Avray
Converted-Turned-Inquisitors and the Image of the Adversary: Ranier Sacconi Explains Cathars - Caterina Bruschi
The Textbook Heretic: Moneta of Cremona's Cathars - Lucy Sackville
'Lupi rapaces in ovium vestimentis': Heretics and Heresy in Papal Correspondence - Rebecca Rist
Looking for the 'Good Men' in the Languedoc: an alternative to 'Cathars'? - Claire Taylor
Principles at Stake: The debate of April 2013 in retrospect - R I Moore
Goodbye to Catharism? - Peter Biller

About the Author

L.J. SACKVILLE is Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of York. PETE BILLER is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of York.

Reviews

New methodological approaches have been opened up and existing narratives and conclusions completely reevaluated. . . . [I]t does indeed seems appropriate to say goodbye to the 'Cathars' and 'Catharism' as they have up to now been known historically.
*SPECULUM*

This important collection of essays addresses a fundamental question.
*JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY*

An enjoyable and stimulating read. This is a volume that is indispensable for historians of medieval heresy, but its sharp focus on important methodological questions ensures that there is much of interest here for historians beyond this field.
*JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, LITERATURE AND CULTURE*

[A] rich and thought-provoking collection.
*FRENCH HISTORY*