The Great Medieval Heretics: Five Centuries of Religious Dissent
"Frassetto admirably demonstrates that many who were declared heretics have much to teach us and some may not have been as far from orthodoxy as originally thought."  —Library Journal"A remarkable contribution to our understanding of medieval society and religion."  —Hans J. Hillerbrand, professor of religion, Duke University, author,The Protestant Reformation"A refreshing new view of medieval religious dissenters and their effect on Christianity as a whole. Michael Frassetto presents a human and very readable account."  —Jeffrey Burton Russell, author,A History of Heaven"Frassetto offers a detailed examination of the lives and teachings of learned heresiarchs, pesky troublemakers, and power-filled women mystics. Intellectual, social, and Church historians will all profit from this well-indexed work."  —John R. Sommerfeldt, author,Bernard of Clairvaux: On the Life of the Mind"Michael Frassetto clears a path through the thicket of religious dissent to deliver clear-eyed biographical sketches of the holy heresiarchs who gave so much grief to the medieval church. A non-polemical introduction to a thorny subject."  —Stephen O'Shea, author,The Perfect Heresy