Inquisitors and Heretics in Thirteenth-Century Languedoc

Peter Biller. D.Phil. (1974), University of Oxford, is Professor of Medieval History at the University of York. He has published extensively on medieval thought and heresy, including The Measure of Multitude: Population in Medieval Thought (Oxford, 2000), and The Waldenses 1170-1530 (Ashgate, 2001).Caterina Bruschi, PhD (1996, Universita` degli Studi di Bologna), is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Birmingham. She has published a critical edition (Salvus Burcius, Liber Suprastella, Rome, Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medio Evo, 2002), and on medieval heresy, the inquisition, and medieval religious orders, including The Wandering Heretics of Languedoc (Cambridge, 2009).Shelagh Sneddon, PhD (1994), University of Cambridge, is an Assistant Editor of the Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, University of Oxford. She has also worked on The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England for the University of St Andrews, and Medieval Petitions: A Catalogue of the Ancient Petitions in the Public Record Office for the University of York. Inquisitors and Heretics is her first major publication.

• PrefacePreliminary Note AbbreviationsPart 1: IntroductionChapter 1 The History of Doat 25-26i. ‘The archive of the brothers preacher of Toulouse’ii. What do we know about the original register?iii. Seventeenth-century evidence, and the ‘sixth register’iv. The Doat commissionv. Libraries and modern scholarshipChapter 2 The Inquisition of 1273-82i. Heresy and inquisition in Languedoc before 1273ii. The political background to the renewal of inquisition in 1273iii. The inquisitors of 1273-82 and their household Chapter 3 Interrogation, notaries and witnessesi. The interrogationii. The notariesiii. The witnesses of the depositionsChapter 4 Scribal errors and the conventions of this edition and translationi. Scribal errorsii. Edition of the original Latin and Frenchiii. The English translationa. Place -namesb. Personal namesPart 2: Edition and translation of Doat 25-26 List of deponents, in order of appearance in Doat 25-26Calendar of depositionsThe edition and translationIndex of persons, medievalIndex of persons, post-1500 Index of placesBibliography

"Biller, Bruschi and Sneddon are to be congratulated, and warmly thanked; this is a massive book, a huge labour and a great gift to other scholars." – John Arnold, Birkbeck College, London, in: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History 63/3 (July 2012), p. 601"This is an important collection, edited with great professionalism, with an informative introduction, detailed annotation, a calendar of depositions, and excellent indexes, all of which make the handing of the material so much easier and effective." – Malcolm Barber, in: The Catholic Historical Review 98/2 (2012), pp. 366-367"Inquisitors and Heretics in Thirteenth-Century Languedoc provides an invaluable resource in the history of inquisition by making available important primary source materials in text and translation for the first time […]. It is a treasure trove of documentary information and evidence for the modern scholar or student." – Larissa Tracy, Longwood University, in: The Sixteenth Century Journal 43/2 (2012), pp. 533-534"A volume such as this probably would never have seen the light of day without Brill, and that is a cause for gratitude. Biller and his collaborators not only present in the original Latin an extensive inquisitorial register concerning thirteenth-century heresy but accompany that with facing page English translations: some four hundred pages of Latin; some four hundred pages in English; and some three hundred added pages of introduction, bibliography, and indices. The days of athletic scholarship have not passed." – Robert E. Lerner, Northwestern University, in: Rivista di Storia del Cristianesimo X/1 (2013), p. 238"This is an important collection, edited with great professionalism, with an informative introduction, detailed annotation, a calendar of depositions, and excellent indexes, all of which make the handing of the material so much easier and effective." – Malcolm Barber, University of Reading