Matthew Bryan Gillis (Assistant Pro Assistant Professor of History

Heresy and Dissent in the Carolingian Empire: The Case of Gottschalk of Orbais

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Produktbeschreibung

Recounts the history of an exceptional ninth-century religious outlaw, Gottschalk of Orbais-a priest who developed a controversial, Augustinian-based theology of predestination that directly contradicted Carolingian beliefs, showing how the Carolingian Empire preserved order within the Frankish Christian church through coercive reform.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 154mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9780198797586
• ISBN-10: 0198797583
• Artikelnr.: 47864892

Autorenporträt

Matthew Bryan Gillis is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His research and teaching focus on early medieval Europe.

Inhaltsangabe

Abbreviations
Introduction: The Scandals of God's Servant
1: A Monk Against His Abbot, 829
2: Betrayal and Injustice in the Early 830s
3: A Missionary of Grace, c. 835-848
4: A Theologian-Martyr in 849
5: Letters from Prison, 849-851
6: A Master of Subterranean Dissent, 850s
7: Resisting Heresy unto Death in the 860s
Conclusion: Heresy and Dissent in the Carolingian Empire
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