Censure and Heresy at the University of Paris, 1200-1400
For the scholastic philosopher William Ockham (c. 1285-1347), there are three kinds of heresy. The first, and most unmistakable, is an outright denial of the truths of faith. Another is so obvious that a very simple person, even if illiterate, can see how it contradicts Divine Scripture. The third kind of heresy is less clear cut. It is perceptible only after long deliberation and only to individuals who are learned, and well versed in Scripture.\ It is this third variety of heresy that...
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The book documents thirty cases in which university-trained scholars were condemned for disseminating allegedly erroneous opinions in their teaching or writing.
Preface1The Suppression of False Teaching12The Condemnation of March 7, 1277403False Teaching at the Arts Faculty: The Ockhamist Statute of 1340 and Its Prelude574Nicholas of Autrecourt and John of Mirecourt: Censure at the Faculty of Theology in the Fourteenth Century735Academic Freedom and Teaching Authority90Conclusion113List of Abbreviations119Notes121Selected Bibliography167Index185
\ From the Publisher"The book makes an important scholarly contribution. Thijssen puts academic censures in the context of ecclesiastical investigations of heresy and brings together the latest research on a number of specific Parisian cases and on the problem of academic censure."—W. J. Courtenay, University of Wisconsin, Madison\ \ \
