Description
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.
About the Author
Robert E. Lerner is the Emeritus Peter B. Ritzma Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University.
Reviews
"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
". . . this is a good book, witty, lucid, and convincing." -History
Book Information
ISBN 9780268010942
Author Robert E. Lerner
Format Paperback
Page Count 274
Imprint University of Notre Dame Press
Publisher University of Notre Dame Press
Weight(grams) 408g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 16mm
