The school of heretics : : academic condemnation at the University of Oxford, 1277-1409 / / by Andrew E. Larsen.

• Author: Larsen, Andrew E.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2011.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Education and Society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance 40.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (335 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Academic condemnation has long been recognized as an important issue in the history of universities and the history of medieval thought. Yet few studies have examined the phenomenon in serious detail. This work is the first book-length study of academic condemnations at Oxford. It explores every known case in detail, including several never examined before, and then considers the practice of condemnation as a whole. As such, it provides a context to see John Wyclif and the Oxford Lollards not as unique figures, but as targets of a practice a century old by 1377. It argues that condemnation did not happen purely for reasons of theological purity, but reflected social and institutional pressures within the university.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Condemnation of 1277 -- The Condemnation of 1284 and the Condemnation of Richard Knapwell -- The Condemnation of 1315 -- The Investigation into William of Ockham -- The Case of Friar John -- The Case of Uthred of Boldon and William Jordan -- John Wyclif -- The Oxford Lollards -- The Condemnation of Henry Crumpe -- The Condemnation of Richard Flemmyng -- The Authority of the University to Condemn Heresy -- Libertas inquirendi at Oxford -- Non-Theological Factors in Academic Condemnation -- A Closing Thought -- Appendix: Known Cases of Academic Condemnation at Oxford -- Bibliography -- Index.