Worlds of Wonder: What Were They Thinking part V

Affliction
[for background information please refer to Worlds of Wonder: What Were They Thinking parts I-IV on this blog]
Against the typical Puritan mindset, it was no stretch to believe that another person had the power to harm you in some way that was not natural. Therefore, it was prudent to make no comments that could [...]

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Historical Novels – The Good Men, by Charmaine Craig

 
Heresy

“Montaillou”, a historic study of the inquisition against the medieval Cathar heresy in the remote mountain village of the same name, is an extraordinary piece of research by Emmanuel LeRoy Ladurie, who took the time and energy necessary to read and interpret [...]

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