Defining Heresy : Inquisition, Theology, and Papal Policy in the Time of Jacques Fournier

In Defining Heresy, Irene Bueno Investigates The Methods And Discourses Of Anti-heretical Repression In The First Half Of The Fourteenth Century, Focusing On The Figure Of Jacques Fournier/benedict Xii (c.1284-1342), Bishop-inquisitor, Theologian, And, Eventually, Pope At Avignon. Introduction -- Part I: At The Crossroad Of Justices -- At The Crossroad Of Justices: A Bishop's Court In The Early Fourteenth Century -- Repressing Secundum Iura. Jacques Fournier, Inquisitorial Procedures And Dissimulation -- Question Heretics: Proving Error According To Tradition -- The Extension Of Heretical Paradigm -- Part 2: The Gospel And The Heretics -- Heresy In Fournier's Theological And Exegetical Writings -- Heretics In Fournier's Commentary On Matthew -- The Signs Of Heresy: How To Tell A Plant From Its Fruit -- The Origin Of Evil And Individual Responsibility -- Part 3: The Papacy Against Heretics -- Heretics, Rebels, And Schismatics In The Pontificate Of Benedict Xii -- Apostolico Conspectui: Heretics And Inquisitors Between Centre And Periphery -- Schismatics And Infidels Beyond The Frontiers Of Latin Christianity -- Conclusions. By Irene Bueno ; Translated From Italian By Isabella Bolognese, Tony Brophy And Sarah Rolfe Prodan. Includes Bibliographical References (pages [339]-362) And Indexes.