Insubordination and Discipline: Communities, Bishops, and Inquisitors in the Fifteenth-Century Diocese of Aosta
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https://doi.org/10.6093/1593-2214/11679Keywords:
Middle Ages, 15th century, Western Alps, Diocese of Aosta, Amadeus VIII - Felix V, Episcopal justice, Inquisition, CommunitiesAbstract
In the diocese of Aosta, the 1440s were a period of conflict between local communities and the bishop. Starting from a specific episode – the attack of the parish vicar of Introd by some armed men dressed in women’s clothing – the article questions the causes of the growing community intolerance towards bishop’s justice. The comparison with other cases of rebellion allows, on the one hand, to place the Introd episode in a broader context, characterised by a widespread use by the episcopal power of the cognitive-repressive instruments; on the other hand, to highlight the peculiarities of the single case, which evokes a ritual of overthrow, staged to restore a community order deemed threatened.
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