The formation of a persecuting society

Description

"The period 950-1250 witnessed a fundamental and irreversible change in Europe. A persecuting society formed that may be seen as the origin and forerunner of the atrocities of the religious wars, the executions of the Reformation, even the Holocaust of the twentieth century. The isolation, repression, exile and attempted extinction of Jews, heretics and lepers involving a radical transformation in the relation betwen authority and people. 'Heretics and Jews,' he argues, 'owed their persecution in the first place not to the hatred of the people but to the decision of princes and prelates.'" -- From back cover.

First Sentence

In this famous decree the prelates assembled at the Fourth Lateran Council in November 1215 promulgated a working definition (after baptism) of the Christian community, and stated the essential conditions of membership for all Western Europeans for the next three centuries.

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Other Editions

• The formation of a persecuting society: power and deviance in Western Europe, 950-1250B. Blackwell1987-01-01
• The formation of a persecuting societyB. Blackwell1987-01-01
• The Formation of a Persecuting SocietyBlackwell Publishing Professional1990-06-01
• The formation of a persecuting societyBlackwells1998-01-01
• Formation of a Persecuting SocietyPaperbackBlackwell Publishing Limited2007-01-01