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Inspiration and Authority in the Middle Ages rethinks the role of prophecy in the Middle Ages by examining how professional theologians responded to new asserti

How did intellectuals in France, England, and Italy in the 12th and 13th centuries seek to understand and resolve competing claims of divine inspiration or prop

Medievalists reading and writing about and around authority-related themes lack clear definitions of its actual meanings in the medieval context. Authorities in