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|title=The War On Heresy: Faith and Power in Medieval Europe

|sort=War On Heresy: Faith and Power in Medieval Europe

|borrow=Yes

|isbn=9781846681967

|pages=416

|publisher=Profile

|date=March 2012

|summary=Interesting analysis of the church's tough stance against heresy in the early part of the second millennium.

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At the end of the first millennium, Western Europe was a place which had barely ever encountered heresy. It took just a couple of centuries for it to become a major problem in the eyes of church leaders, leading to the persecution of individuals and groups. Was heresy such a fast-growing problem? In this volume, R I Moore provides a thoughtful analysis of the issues and makes a powerful case that many supposed heretics were merely victims of a paranoid church which created propaganda to justify so many deaths.

Another excellent work dealing with the first half of the second millennium is [[1415: Henry V's Year of Glory by Ian Mortimer]].

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