Edward Murray Peters (born May 21, 1936) is an emeritus professor of

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

who specialized in the religious and political history of early Europe. He has done in-depth research regarding heresy, repression and the limits and treatment of intellectual inquiry in the low Middle Ages. He has also done deep research on historiography criticising, improving and reviewing the methods that traditional historiography has applied to the low medieval time period.He pioneered the first Medieval Studies PhD in Yale History.

Publications

*Europe and the Middle Ages, Pearson, 2003 * Witchcraft in Europe, 400-1700: A Documentary History, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000 *The

First Crusade The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the Middle Ages. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Muslim conquest ...

: "The Chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres" and Other Source Materials, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998 *Torture, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996 *

Inquisition The Inquisition was a Catholic Inquisitorial system#History, judicial procedure where the Ecclesiastical court, ecclesiastical judges could initiate, investigate and try cases in their jurisdiction. Popularly it became the name for various med ...

, University of California Press, 1989 *

Heresy Heresy is any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs, particularly the accepted beliefs or religious law of a religious organization. A heretic is a proponent of heresy. Heresy in Heresy in Christian ...

and Authority in Medieval Europe, University of California Press, 1980 *The Magician, the Witch, and the Law, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1978 * Monks, Bishops and Pagans: Christian Culture in Gaul and Italy, 500–700. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1975. *Christian Society and the

Crusades The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and at times directed by the Papacy during the Middle Ages. The most prominent of these were the campaigns to the Holy Land aimed at reclaiming Jerusalem and its surrounding t ...

, 1198-1229: Sources in Translation, including "The Capture of Damietta" by Oliver of Paderborn, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1971Peters, Edward (1971). Christian Society and the Crusades, 1198-1229: Sources in Translation, Including "The Capture of Damietta" by Oliver of Paderborn . University of Pennsylvania Press.

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