The formation of a persecuting society: Power and deviance in Western Europe, 950-1250

By R.I. Moore

Book Overview

The tenth to the thirteenth centuries in Europe saw the appearance of popular heresy and the establishment of the Inquisition, the expropriation and mass murder of Jews, and the propagation of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631137467
• ISBN13: 9780631137467
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Exploring the rise of intolerance

This book is an insightful, if brief, examination of the how and why behind the rise of intolerance and persution in the mid to late middle ages. Lots of books are written about one of the specific topics or groups Moore analyzes (lepers, Jews, homosexuals, people considered religious heretics, etc.) but Moore connects these various expressions of persecution to the historical context and the factors encouraging intolerance at particular times of European culture. Unlike many authors, Moore unpacks and questions assumptions about the inevitability of religious persecution and the creation and persecution of so-called heretical religious beliefs and behavior.