TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - Conciliarism and heresy in fifteenth-century England : collective authority in the age of the general councils T2 - Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought A1 - Russell, Alexander, 1981- kirjoittaja LA - eng PP - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY PB - Cambridge University Press YR - 2017 UL - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.3087562 AB - 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. SN - 9781107172272 sidottu SN - 1107172276 sidottu KW - Catholic Church : Political activity : England : 15th century. KW - Catholic Church : Government. KW - Conciliar theory. KW - Heresy : 15th century. ER -