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Conciliarism and heresy in fifteenth-century England : collective authority in the age of the general councils
- Title
- Conciliarism and heresy in fifteenth-century England : collective authority in the age of the general councils / Alexander Russell, University of Warwick.
- Author
- Russell, Alexander, 1981-
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- 20
- ©2017
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- Description
- ix, 223 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- The general councils of the fifteenth century constituted a remarkable political experiment, which used collective decision-making to tackle important problems facing the church. Such problems had hitherto received rigid top-down management from Rome. However, at Constance and Basle, they were debated by delegates of different ranks from across Europe and resolved through majority voting. Fusing the history of political thought with the study of institutional practices, this innovative study relates the procedural innovations of the general councils and their anti-heretical activities to wider trends in corporate politics, intellectual culture and pastoral reform. Alexander Russell argues that the acceptance of collective decision-making at the councils was predicated upon the prevalence of group participation and deliberation in small-scale corporate culture. Conciliarism and Heresy in Fifteenth-Century England offers a fundamental reassessment of England's relationship with the general councils, revealing how political thought, heresy, and collective politics were connected.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought. Fourth series ; 105
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 105.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Diplomacy and reform at the general councils -- The councils and lay religion -- Decision-making at the councils and the world of collective politics -- Conciliarism and heresy in England -- Representation and interpretative authority -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-8651
- ISBN
- 9781107172272
- 1107172276
- OCLC
- 982092067
- Author
- Russell, Alexander, 1981- author.
- Title
- Conciliarism and heresy in fifteenth-century England : collective authority in the age of the general councils / Alexander Russell, University of Warwick.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- 20©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought. Fourth series ; 105Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 105.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-8651