Includes bibliographical references ([239]-270) and index.
Contents:
The scandals of God's servant -- A monk against his Abbot, 829 -- Betrayal and injustice in the early 830's -- A missionary of grace, ca. 835-848 -- A theologian-martyr in 849 -- Letters from prison, 849-851 -- A master of subterranean dissent, 850's -- Resisting heresy unto death in the 860's -- Heresy and dissent in the Carolingian empire.
Summary:
Recounts the history of an exceptional ninth-century religious outlaw, Gottschalk of Orbais-a priest who developed a controversial, Augustinian-based theology of predestination that directly contradicted Carolingian beliefs, showing how the Carolingian Empire preserved order within the Frankish Christian church through coercive reform.
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