Edward Peters (1) (1936–)
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Edward Peters is Henry Charles Lea Professor of Medieval History at the University of Pennsylvania
Verk av Edward Peters
The First Crusade : the Chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres and Other Source Materials (1971) 214 exemplar
Monks, Bishops, and Pagans: Christian Culture in Gaul and Italy, 500-700 : Sources in Translation, Including the World… (1975) 15 exemplar
Associerade verk
The Burgundian Code: Book of Constitutions or Law of Gundobad- Additional Enactments (The Middle Ages Series) (0500) — Förord, vissa utgåvor — 84 exemplar
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- Vedertaget namn
- Peters, Edward
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Peters, Edward Murray
- Födelsedag
- 1936-05-21
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Utbildning
- University of Pennsylvania (PhD ∙ History)
- Yrken
- historian
professor
medievalist - Organisationer
- University of Pennsylvania
- Priser och utmärkelser
- Fellow, Medieval Academy of America (1994)
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- 14
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- 2
- Medlemmar
- 1,184
- Popularitet
- #21,707
- Betyg
- 3.8
- Recensioner
- 6
- ISBN
- 47
- Språk
- 3
For some, even believing that you had a choice in the matter branded you a heretic. You either accepted church dogma or you were damned for eternity. People believed that around every corner was someone who could lead your thinking astray, so hyper-vigilance on the matter of church law was par for the course. The separate spreads of Manichaeism, the Cathars, and the Waldensians lead to continuous proclamations of what exactly was orthodox and what wasn’t. Each edict, each papal bull, and each sermon lead to different church philosophies and laws that had to be parsed through, understood, and protected from heretical thought.
Peters’s collection of church writings is an intense look at church history on a single subject. This isn’t a casual read, but sheds a ton of light on a different struggle within the Christian Church. Here, we get not only founding treatises, but also side documents, backstories, and quick histories on many heretical sects. If you’re at all interested in church history, then this one will have a ton of history and original information. Peters tries not comment too much on the treatises, but rather presents them for the reader to digest. A rich and enlightening book.… (mer)