About the Author

Karen Sullivan is professor of literature at Bard College. She is the author of The Interrogation of Joan of Arc and Truth and the Heretic: Crises of Knowledge in Medieval French Literature, the latter published by the University of Chicago Press.

Reviews

"Karen Sullivan's book is a major contribution to the literary history of the inquisition. She has carefully read the self-portraits that six inquisitors have left us in their writings concerning their motivations, inner spiritual lives, and religious commitments. There are moments when her book reads like a good novel - an extension of Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose." (Brian Stock, University of Toronto)"