Theory and ‘historiographical craftsmanship’. The history of the Church and medieval heresy between epistemological remark and attention to practices
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https://doi.org/10.6093/1593-2214/12901Keywords:
Middle Ages, 11th-14th centuries, Latin Church, ecclesia, medieval history, sociology, social sciences, Alain Bourdieu, methodAbstract
The book Introduction à la sociologie médiévale by Alexis Fontbonne proposes a “medieval reflection on sociology” as a method to bridge the gap between history – particularly medieval history – and the social sciences. By exploring the medieval origins of some key sociological concepts, the author reinterprets them in light of contemporary knowledge about medieval society, offering new tools for historical practice. Central to the book is the notion of the “ecclesial field,” which the author introduces as a framework for understanding the changes in the Latin Church and its relationship with medieval society. This concept is informed by Bourdieu’s theory of fields and the idea of heresy—topics on which this contribution focuses.
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