The Templars, the Witch, and the Wild Irish (eBook)

Vengeance and Heresy in Medieval Ireland

Maeve Brigid Callan (Autor)

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2015
304 Seiten
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8014-7198-8 (ISBN)

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Early medieval Ireland is remembered as the "Land of Saints and Scholars," due to the distinctive devotion to Christian faith and learning that permeated its culture. As early as the seventh century, however, questions were raised about Irish orthodoxy, primarily concerning Easter observances. Yet heresy trials did not occur in Ireland until significantly later, long after allegations of Irish apostasy from Christianity had sanctioned the English invasion of Ireland.

In The Templars, the Witch, and the Wild Irish, Maeve Brigid Callan analyzes Ireland's medieval heresy trials, which all occurred in the volatile fourteenth century. These include the celebrated case of Alice Kyteler and her associates, prosecuted by Richard de Ledrede, bishop of Ossory, in 1324. This trial marks the dawn of the "devil-worshipping witch" in European prosecutions, with Ireland an unexpected birthplace.

Callan divides Ireland’s heresy trials into three categories. In the first stand those of the Templars and Philip de Braybrook, whose trial derived from the Templars’, brought by their inquisitor against an old rival. Ledrede’s prosecutions, against Kyteler and other prominent Anglo-Irish colonists, constitute the second category. The trials of native Irishmen who fell victim to the sort of propaganda that justified the twelfth-century invasion and subsequent colonization of Ireland make up the third. Callan contends that Ireland’s trials resulted more from feuds than doctrinal deviance and reveal the range of relations between the English, the Irish, and the Anglo-Irish, and the church’s role in these relations; tensions within ecclesiastical hierarchy and between secular and spiritual authority; Ireland’s position within its broader European context; and political, cultural, ethnic, and gender concerns in the colony.

Early medieval Ireland is remembered as the "Land of Saints and Scholars," due to the distinctive devotion to Christian faith and learning that permeated its culture. As early as the seventh century, however, questions were raised about Irish orthodoxy, primarily concerning Easter observances. Yet heresy trials did not occur in Ireland until significantly later, long after allegations of Irish apostasy from Christianity had sanctioned the English invasion of Ireland. In The Templars, the Witch, and the Wild Irish, Maeve Brigid Callan analyzes Ireland's medieval heresy trials, which all occurred in the volatile fourteenth century. These include the celebrated case of Alice Kyteler and her associates, prosecuted by Richard de Ledrede, bishop of Ossory, in 1324. This trial marks the dawn of the "devil-worshipping witch" in European prosecutions, with Ireland an unexpected birthplace.Callan divides Ireland’s heresy trials into three categories. In the first stand those of the Templars and Philip de Braybrook, whose trial derived from the Templars’, brought by their inquisitor against an old rival. Ledrede’s prosecutions, against Kyteler and other prominent Anglo-Irish colonists, constitute the second category. The trials of native Irishmen who fell victim to the sort of propaganda that justified the twelfth-century invasion and subsequent colonization of Ireland make up the third. Callan contends that Ireland’s trials resulted more from feuds than doctrinal deviance and reveal the range of relations between the English, the Irish, and the Anglo-Irish, and the church’s role in these relations; tensions within ecclesiastical hierarchy and between secular and spiritual authority; Ireland’s position within its broader European context; and political, cultural, ethnic, and gender concerns in the colony.

Autor

Maeve Brigid Callan is Associate Professor of Religion at Simpson College.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Chronology of Key Events
MapIntroduction1. Heresy Hunting Begins in Ireland: The Trial of the Templars and the Case against Philip de Braybrook2. The Dawn of the Devil-Worshipping Witch3. The Churlish Tramp from England: Richard de Ledrede Tries the Alice Kyteler Case4. Moments of Lucidity Dedicated to Malice: Ledrede's Continuing Conflicts in the Colony5. The Heresy of Being Irish: Adducc Dubh O’Toole and Two MacConmarasConclusionAppendix A: The Articles against the Templars in Ireland
Appendix B: The Charges against Alice Kyteler and Associates
Bibliography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.3.2015
• Zusatzinfo: 10 halftones, 1 table
• Verlagsort: Ithaca
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Gewicht: 28 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Schlagworte: Alice Kyteler history • Alice Kyteler ireland • Alice Kyteler trial • Anglo-Irish colonists • Blasphemy, Heresy & Apostasy • case of Alice Kyteler • Catholic Church • christian church history • Early Christian Ireland • Early medieval Ireland • European witchcraft • fourteenth century ireland • heresy and witchcraft • Heresy in Ireland • heresy trials in ireland • historians of irelad • history of Ireland • Ireland’s medieval heresy trials • ireland and the crusades • irish apostasy • irish church history • Irish cultural history • Irish History • Irish medieval heresy trials • Irish orthodoxy • irish religious studies • Irish Studies • land of saints and scholars • medieval historians • middle ages in ireland • narrative of the proceedings against dame alice kyteler • occult studies • prewitch-hunt • religious persecution • Religious Studies • Richard de Ledrede • Templars and Philip de Braybrook • witchcraft ireland • witchcraft irish • witch trials ireland
• ISBN-10: 0-8014-7198-2 / 0801471982
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-7198-8 / 9780801471988