Herbert Grundmann
Subtitle: Essays on Heresy, Inquisition, and Literacy
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, Limited; York Medieval Press
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781903153932
Subjects: Religion, history; Heresy
Description: "In the field of medieval history, few scholars have matched the originality of the German academic Herbert Grundmann (1902-1970). Trained at the University of Leipzig and president of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica from 1959 until his death, Grundmann published a series of brilliant books and articles that fundamentally reshaped how historians of culture and religion conceptualized the medieval past. Yet although later generations of scholars have since approached their research from vantage points shaped by his arguments, few of his writings have been previously accessible to an Anglophone audience. This volume presents translations of six of Grundmann's most significant essays on the intertwined themes of medieval heresy, literacy, and inquisition. Together, they offer new access to Grundmann's scholarship, one which will catalyze new perspectives on the medieval religious past and enable a fresh consideration of his intellectual legacy in the twenty-first century"--Back cover.