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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Fudge, Thomas A. (1962-....)
Titre(s) : The kidnapped bishop [Texte imprimé] : coerced ordinations in the late medieval Bohemian province / Thomas A. Fudge
Publication : Lanham (Md.) ; Boulder (Colo.) ; New York (N.Y.) : Lexington Books, copyright 2023
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xxiii-251 pages) : illustrations, cartes ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 219-238. Notes bibliogr. Index
"In 1417 a bishop was kidnapped and held in a remote castle in Bohemia where he was
forced to consecrate to the priesthood as many as 100 candidates. These priests belonged
to the heretical movement of Hussite reformers. Though well-known amongst specialists,
this unprecedented episode has never been systematically examined with a view to understanding
if the coerced ordinations were lawful. Issues around legitimacy raise numerous questions
and the narrative is situated at the compelling intersection of medieval heresy, theology,
and canon law. The notion of kidnapping a bishop and forcing him to perform religious
functions, consonant with the will of his tormentors, is arresting. More puzzling,
the agents of coercion continued to value aspects of a faith they appeared to reject.
They had no intention of practicing obedience to the Roman Church, its hierarchy or
laws. The modern reader may be perplexed to learn that those responsible for the abduction
believed a Roman prelate was necessary as an imprimatur of legitimation if their own
religious practices were to survive. The episode, unique in medieval European history,
presents an intellectual thriller."
Sujet(s) : Église catholique -- Relations -- Bohême (République tchèque) -- 15e siècle
Hussites -- Doctrines religieuses -- 15e siècle
Ordination (droit canonique) -- 15e siècle
Bohême (République tchèque) -- 1419-1436 (Guerres hussites)
Indice(s) Dewey :
284.309 (23e éd.) = Églises hussites et Églises anabaptistes - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781666926637 (rel.). - ISBN 1666926639
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47225598b
Notice n° :
FRBNF47225598
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Kidnapping and coercing a bishop ; Medieval ordination and its challenges ; Are
forced consecrations legitimate? ; An irresolvable paradox? ; Coercion and ordination
in medieval legal glosses : The Witness of Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College MS
676/283, Glosses to D. 73 (74), fol. 45r-v.
