The Devil's World: Heresy and Society 1100-1300 - The Medieval World 1st edition

'Heresy' literally means choice, and medieval heresy saw the birth of the modern consumer. This book presents a study, which places the rise and fall of the heresies of the central middle ages in their broader context. It argues that the emergence of heresy in the twelfth century reflected lay impatience with the monopoly of the medieval Church.