Late Medieval Heresy: New Perspectives - 9781903153826

Late Medieval Heresy: New PerspectivesStudies in Honor of Robert E. Lerner\nAuthor(s): Michael D. Bailey, Sean L. Field, Barbara Newman, Deeana Copeland Klepper, Elizabeth Casteen, Frances Kneupper, Georg Modestin, Jrg Feuchter, Justine Trombley, Louisa Burnham\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: York Medieval Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: York Medieval Press\nISBN-13: 9781903153826, 978-1903153826\nSynopsis\nFresh investigations into heresy after 1300, demonstrating its continuing importance and influence.\n\nFrom the Gregorian reforms to the Protestant Reformation, heresies and heretics helped shape the religious, political, and institutional structures of medieval Europe. Within this larger history of religious ferment, the late medieval period presents a particularly dynamic array of heterodox movements, dissident modes of thought, and ecclesiastical responses. Yet recent debates about the nature of heresy in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries have too easily created an impression .