Faculty at Home with Louisa Burnham

Louisa Burnham
The Loneliest Heretic

Limoux Negre struck out on his own in the early 14th century. Calling the Church a bunch of cheaters, he rejected orthodox beliefs and replaced them with a heretical hodgepodge that astonishes us as much as it horrified the contemporaries who burned him at the stake. Mary was a surrogate mother, Jesus was a murderer, and the world was created from coagulated urine. In an age of intolerance, Limoux espoused equal salvation for Jews, Muslims, and Christians. Who was Limoux Negre? What stories lay in his past?
 
Louisa Burnham (AB, Harvard; PhD, Northwestern) teaches all things medieval in the History Department but has a particular passion for heretics.  

Hosted by Caitlin Myers, John G. McCullough Professor of Economics, the Office of the Provost, and the Office of Advancement.

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