The Origins of European Dissent (MART: The Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching) - Softcover

Moore, R.I.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802075665 ISBN 13: 9780802075666

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 1994

Synopsis

R.I. Moore traces the roots of dissent, the support which it commanded, and the reactions which it elicted from the holders of established power in the changing needs and conflicts of the expanding society of the eleventh and twelfth centuries: in spite of repression religious uniformity has never since reigned unchallenged. His controversial argument is that the ideas and aspirations of the heretics had far less to do with religious faith or outlook than with the consequences of social anxieties and frustrations. He holds too that similarly the dogma of the Catholic Church can be understood more clearly in terms of the politics of power than of salvation.

Originally published by Allen Lane, 1985.

About this title

About the Author:

R.I. Moore is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Sheffield.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0802075665
• ISBN 13: 9780802075666
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 322