"The main subjects of enquiry in this volume centre around the major areas in which the honoree, Gordon Leff, has made fundamental contributions. These include learned and popular heresy (Cathars, Wyclif, Lollardy, and the concept of heresy itself); the history of medieval unive…
"" ... Lively and intellectually stimulating ... ""--Speculum""Wunderli ... has lucidly reconstructed a controversial conflict in 15th-century south-central Germany ... this engaging narrative takes off from Hans Behem-the peasant who claimed to see the Virgin and gained followe…
A study of gnosticism examines the various ways early Christians strove to define themselves in a pluralistic Roman society, while questioning the traditional ideas of heresy and orthodoxy that have previously influenced historians.
A study of gnosticism examines the various ways early Christians strove to define themselves in a pluralistic Roman society, while questioning the traditional ideas of heresy and orthodoxy that have previously influenced historians.
