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Dear Professor Vasilev,
thank you for pointing to me this review of your book by Norman Tanner. It
states, among others, that "[i]t is very useful to have the passages set
side by side and the similarities, regarding both ideas and language, are
often striking. One wonders, nevertheless, whether Lollards were drawing
directly on Bogomil and Cathar teachings, or whether, rather, the parallels
result from a wider common pool of ideas and expressions". I would indeed
opt for the latter alternative.
What I wanted to do at this moment and on this forum is to point out that
the view of Bogomil influence on Lollardy voiced in your e-mail is original
rather than representative of mainstream scholarship on Bogomil influences
in the West as far as I am aware of it. For the time being, I am happy with
that. But the question of influences is of course an intriguing one and I am
far from being the most deconstructionist scholar in the debate (normally, I
even defend some links between Italian dissidents in the 13th century and
the Balkans, against the view of much more radical - or more critical? -
scholars, e.g. Jean-Louis Biget). And you are of course right that in order
to arrive to any conclusive statements, it would be necessary to deal with
particular arguments (their content and their structure).
With all best wishes,
David Zbíral
Executive Editor of Religio: Revue pro religionistiku
General Secretary of the Czech Association for the Study of Religions
Department for the Study of Religions
Masaryk University
Arne Nováka 1
602 00 Brno
Czech Republic
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Od: Georgi Vasilev <[log in to unmask]>
Datum: 30. 11. 2013
Předmět: Re: [M-R] Bogomil/Cathar influence on Lollardy
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Dear D-r Zbiral,
you are voicing general statement, and, you know, eneral statement not a
valid argument in science. In my book "Heresy and the England Reformation
(Bogomil-Cathar Influence on Wycliffe, Langland, Tyndale and Milton)" (USA,
London - 2007) I am quoting a lot of facts, proving the relationship
Bogomils-Cathars-Lollards. Please, see them, and then we can continue our
discussion.
Sincerely:
prof. Georgi Vasilev www.bogomilism.eu
P.P. By the way you can consult the opinion of professor Norman Tanner, one
of the best specialist on Lollardy http://www.utoronto.ca/tsq/14/tanner14.
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On Saturday, November 30, 2013 12:08 AM, David Zbíral <[log in to unmask]>
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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear Professor Vasilev,
apart from the fact that no such link is made in the original e-mail ("your
assumption relating Albigensian movement to the birth of Lollardy is quite
correct" is an incorrect rendering of it), I am afraid that such views on
cultural influences of Bogomilism and Catharism are extremely doubtful - not
to mention critical scholarship reconsidering, if not undermining, these
categories themselves.
All the best,
David Zbíral
Executive Editor of Religio: Revue pro religionistiku
General Secretary of the Czech Association for the Study of Religions
Department for the Study of Religions
Masaryk University
Arne Nováka 1
602 00 Brno
Czech Republic
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