Michael Frassetto teaches history at the University of Delaware and has written extensively on the history of medieval heresy, religion, and society. He was the religion editor for "Encyclopaedia Britannica" for a number of years. He lives in Medford, New Jersey.
"'"The""Great Medieval Heretics" is 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"
""'The Great Medieval Heretics" is 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"
"'"The""Great Medieval Heretics" is 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"
""'The Great Medieval Heretics" is 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"
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