The Inquisition and the Christian East, 1350-1850 by Cesare S... - 9781914967122

The Inquisition and the Christian East, 1350-1850Author(s): Cesare Santus, Jean-Pascal Gay, Laurent Tatarenko, David Armando, Irene Bueno, Maria Teresa Fattori, Jose M. Floristan, Jean-Pascal Gay, Sam Kennerley, Anthony Mecherry Cherian\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Boydell & Brewer\nISBN-13: 9781914967122, 978-1914967122\nSynopsis\nA groundbreaking volume that radically refocuses our study of early modern Catholicism within a wider geographical and cultural context.\n\nThe intricate relationship between the Roman Church and the Christian East has long been underestimated in shaping early modern Catholicism. Similarly, scholarship on the Inquisition has largely overlooked how it interacted with members of the Eastern branch of Christianity. Yet these groups frequently faced the scrutiny of the judges of the faith, who were, in turn, exposed to alternative disciplinary and doctrinal models that questioned Catholic certainties. \n\D