John Christian Laursen: 2 books
Heresy in Transition
Transforming Ideas of Heresy in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
The concept of heresy is deeply rooted in Christian European culture. The palpable increase in incidences of heresy in the Middle Ages may be said to directly relate to the Christianity's attempts to define orthodoxy and establish conformity at its centre, resulting in the sometimes forceful elimination...
Freedom of Speech
The History of an Idea
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
The essays in this volume portrays the public debates concerning freedom of speech in the 18th century in France and Britain as well as Austria, Denmark, Russia, and Spain and its American territories. The economic integration of Europe and its offshoots over the past three centuries into a distinctive...