Ethics and Power in Medieval English Reformist Writing

Edwin D. (Washington and Lee University, Virginia) Craun

Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Explains how the late medieval Church encouraged the practice of fraternal correction, which involved the injured party confronting the wrong-doer directly and privately; and explores how John Wyclif and others expanded this established practice to authorize their own polemics against clerical authority and wealth.

ISBN-13
9780521199322
ISBN-10
0521199328
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2010
Publication date
2010-02-18
Pages
232
Dimensions
160x238x20
Weight
480