Making of a Heretic Gender, Authority, and the Priscillianist Controversy

Name: Making of a Heretic Gender, Authority, and the Priscillianist Controversy
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ISBN: 9780520089976

ISBN-10: 0520089979

ISBN-13: 9780520089976

Edition: 1995

Authors: Virginia Burrus

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Silenced for 1,600 years, the "heretics" speak for themselves in this account of the Priscillianist controversy that began in fourth-century Spain. In a close examination of rediscovered texts, Virginia Burrus provides an unusual opportunity to explore heresy from the point of view of the followers of Priscillian and to reevaluate the reliability of the historical record. Her analysis takes into account the concepts of gender, authority, and public and private space that informed established religion's response to this early Christian movement. Priscillian, who began his career as a lay teacher with particular influence among women, faced charges of heresy along with accusations of sorcery…

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List price: $85.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 12/29/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 319
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



"A Strange Man": Opposition Emerges at the Council of Saragossa



"Manichaean": Charge and Countercharge in Priscillian's Tractates



"Sorcerer": Alliances, Enmities, and the Death of Priscillian



"Priscillianist": Heresy Inquisitions at Toledo and Tarragona



"Gnostic": Priscillian Reinterpreted by Sulpicius Severus and Jerome


Conclusions


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index