So Great a Light, So Great a Smoke: The Beguin Heretics of Languedoc

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So Great a Light, So Great a Smoke A volume in the series Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past edited by Barbara H. Rosenwein A list of titles in the series is available at www.cornellpress.cornell.edu. So Great a Light, So Great a Smoke the beguin heretics of languedoc


louisa a. burnham Cornell University Press Ithaca and London Copyright © 2008 by Cornell University All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850. First published 2008 by Cornell University Press Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Burnham, Louisa A. (Louisa Anne), 1964– So great a light, so great a smoke : the Beguin heretics of Languedoc / Louisa A. Burnham. p. cm — (Conjunctions of religion and power in the medieval past) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–8014–4131–8 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Olivi, Pierre Jean, 1248 or 9-1298. 2. Franciscan Spirituals—France—Languedoc. 3. Third orders—France— Languedoc. 4. Languedoc (France)—Church history. I. Title. II. Series: Conjuctions of religion & power in the medieval past. BX3632.L3B87 2008 282'.4480902—dc22 2007031126 Cornell University Press strives to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the fullest extent possible in the publishing of its books. Such materials include vegetable-based, low-VOC inks and acid-free papers that are recycled, totally chlorine-free, or partly composed of nonwood fibers. For further information, visit our website at www.cornellpress.cornell.edu. Cloth printing 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Beguinis combustis Narbone, Bitteris, et Montispessulani mcccxviii–mcccliiii
Requiescant in pace Quando audivit eorum condemnationem cor suum incepit admirari qualiter tam magnum lumen quam magnum ostendebant esset ita cito conversum in tam magnum fumum. When she first heard of their condemnation, her heart began to marvel at how so great a light as the great light that they revealed could be changed so quickly into so great a smoke. —Jacma Sobirana, Beguine heretic
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