Truth and the Heretic: Crises of Knowledge in Medieval French Literature

by Karen Sullivan and Professor Karen Sullivan

In the Middle Ages, the heretic, more than any other social or religious deviant, was experienced as an imaginary construct. Everyone believed heretics existed, but no one believed himself or herself to be a heretic, even if condemned as such by representatives of the Catholic Church. Those accused of heresy, meanwhile, maintained that they were the good Christians and their accusers were the false ones.

Exploring the figure of the heretic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226781690
• ISBN13: 9780226781693
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"