Conciliarism and Heresy in Fifteenth Century England Collective Authority in the Age of the General Councils 1st Edition by Alexander Russell ISBN 9781107172272 1107172276

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ISBN 10:  1107172276

ISBN 13: 9781107172272

Author:  Alexander Russell

 The general councils of the fifteenth century constituted a remarkable political experiment, which used collective decision-making to tackle important problems facing the church. Such problems had hitherto received rigid top-down management from Rome. However, at Constance and Basle, they were debated by delegates of different ranks from across Europe and resolved through majority voting. Fusing the history of political thought with the study of institutional practices, this innovative study relates the procedural innovations of the general councils and their anti-heretical activities to wider trends in corporate politics, intellectual culture and pastoral reform. Alexander Russell argues that the acceptance of collective decision-making at the councils was predicated upon the prevalence of group participation and deliberation in small-scale corporate culture. Conciliarism and Heresy in Fifteenth-Century England offers a fundamental reassessment of England’s relationship with the general councils, revealing how political thought, heresy, and collective politics were connected.

Table of contents: 

Introduction

1. Diplomacy and reform at the General Councils

2. The councils and lay religion

3. Decision-making at the councils and the world of collective politics

4. Conciliarism and heresy in England

5. Representation and interpretative authority

Conclusion

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