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The Church and Medieval Heresy c.1100–1437
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What counted as heresy?

What counted as heresy?

Timeline of major medieval heretical movements and Church responses from 1100 to 1436, including Waldensians, Cathars, Wycliffe, Huss, the Albigensian Crusade, Fourth Lateran Council, the Medieval Inquisition and the Compacts of 1436

Medieval western Europe was dominated by the Catholic Church, which claimed authority over salvation through the sacraments and over belief through bishops, councils, canon law and preaching.

The Church and Medieval Heresy c.1100–1437 Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /History
  3. /The Church and Medieval Heresy c.1100–1437

Step-by-step lessons on OCR A Level History The Church and Medieval Heresy c.1100–1437. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Build a secure grasp of the outline narrative for your breadth and depth periods first, since the source-evaluation and historical-interpretations questions that carry a large share of the marks depend on that contextual knowledge.

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