The Atheist s Bible: The Most Dangerous Book That Never Existed

The Atheist s Bible Minois Georges Wydawca: The University of Chicago Press Data wydania: 2012 ISBN: 9780226530291 Liczba stron: 264 Format: 224 x 175 x 19 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: In 1239, Pope Gregory IX accused Frederick II, the Holy Roman Emperor, of heresy. The author tracks the course of the book from its origins in 1239 to its most salient episodes in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He also sheds light on the persistence of free thought during a time when the outspoken risked being burned at the stake.