Encyclopedia of Heresies and Heretics
Clifton, Charles S. / Clifton, Chas![Encyclopedia of Heresies and Heretics](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/193/19308059/CHSBZCOP0319308059.jpg)
Everyone has heard of the word heresy. Attached to such famous historical figures as Galileo and Joan of Arc, the word heresy today brings to mind an image of individuals or groups that are considered to have been ahead of their contemporaries in thought or action. Prior to the seventeenth century, however, there was not such a high regard for those who digressed from the mainstream. On the contrary, persecution of "heretics" was rampant from ...