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Formula and Memory: Consolament Accounts in the FFF Register and the Limits of Inquisitorial Standardization
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| Rok publikování | 2025 |
| Druh | Další prezentace na konferencích |
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| Popis | The so-called Register FFF (Paris, Bibliotheque nationale de France, fonds Doat, vols. 22–24), which largely contains interrogations conducted by inquisitor Ferrier and his colleagues in 1243–1244, is particularly rich in descriptions of Cathar rituals. At first glance, these accounts appear formulaic, suggesting the use of a standardized framework. However, a closer examination of the consolament narratives reveals subtle but meaningful divergences. These variations concern not only minor details – additions, omissions, or shifts in emphasis – but also the presence, absence, and order of the basic building blocks of the ritual. It has been observed that the inquisitors likely employed a questionnaire modeled closely on the text we know from the Forma qualiter heretici hereticant suos, an anonymous mid-thirteenth-century description of the consolament, as close textual parallels between this text and the FFF testimonies can be observed. Yet, important questions remain: to what extent did inquisitors rigidly adhere to this template, and how much space was left for witnesses to enrich these formulaic descriptions with personal recollections? Can the diversity observed in these accounts be meaningfully correlated with the varying contexts of the initiations themselves? The paper also aims to shed light on what constituted, from the inquisitors’ perspective, a sufficiently complete or credible account of the ritual. |
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