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HI266
Deviance and Non-Conformity
Orthodoxy, Heterodoxy and
Heresy
Stephen Bates
[email protected]
Aims of today
• Define late medieval Christian orthodoxy
• Assess whether society was dogmatic & intransigent
• Consider the nature of heresy
• Look at the treatment of Christian deviants
The Crucifixion, Isenheim Altarpiece
Matthias Grünewald (c. 1501)
St Paul preaching in the Areopagus
Raphael (1515)
St Jerome
Caravaggio (1606)
St Augustine
Vittore Carpaccio
(1502)
Fourth Lateran Council
(1215)
The Triumph of Thomas Aquinas over the Heretics
Filippino Lippi (1491)
Plato and Aristotle
The School of Athens
(detail)
Raphael
(1509)
The vision of
St Bernard
Alonso Cano
(1650)
St Francis
El Greco
(c.1595)
The Ecstasy of St
Teresa
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
(1652)
The Flagellants
Pietr van Laer (1635)
John Wyclif and Jan Hus
Peter Valdes
The Albigensian Crusade
Execution of Templars
(1310)
Expulsion of Cathars from Carcassonne
(1209)
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Burning of the Heretics
Pedro Berruguete
(c.1500)
Conclusions
• ‘Right thinking’ fluid and evolving – even innovative
• Divide between heterodoxy and heresy dynamic
• Orthodoxy often created in response to heresy
• Importance of accountability to church
• Responses to heresy graduated
• Intentionality and obstinacy characteristic of heresy