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The Heresy of the Free Spirit in the Later Middle Ages (Erasmus Institute Bo)

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Description for The Heresy of the Free Spirit in the Later Middle Ages (Erasmus Institute Bo) Paperback. The heresy of the Free Spirit was an important continental European heresy of the 14th century, and this volume examines the Free Spirit movement as it appeared in its own age, concluding that it represented a spectrum of belief that emphasized voluntary poverty and quietistic mysticism. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HRAM7; HRCC7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.

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.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268010942
SKU
V9780268010942
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About Robert E. Lerner
Robert E. Lerner is the Emeritus Peter B. Ritzma Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University.

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"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 ... Read more

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