The Heresy of the Free Spirit in the Later Middle Ages - by Robert E Lerner (Paperback)
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Highlights
- The Heresy of the Free Spirit in the Later Middle Ages has been widely recognized as the standard work on the subject in any language.
- About the Author: Robert E. Lerner is the Emeritus Peter B. Ritzma Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University.
- 274 Pages
- Religion + Beliefs, History
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Book Synopsis
The Heresy of the Free Spirit in the Later Middle Ages has been widely recognized as the standard work on the subject in any language. Robert E. Lerner examines this fourteenth-century European heresy as it appeared in its own age. He concludes that the Free-Spirit movement was not a tightly organized sect of anarchistic deviants, but rather a spectrum of belief that emphasized voluntary poverty and quietist mysticism.
Review Quotes
". . . this is a good book, witty, lucid, and convincing." --History
"The clarity, honesty, and directness of the author's style is admirable. From the book emerges the most enlightening and credible picture we as yet have of the 'free spirits' of the late Middle Ages." --Review for Religious
"This is a most important book, both for the completeness of its survey of the available primary sources and for the innovative and persuasive interpretations Robert Lerner brings to his work." --Speculum
About the Author
Robert E. Lerner is the Emeritus Peter B. Ritzma Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University.
