Cardinal William Curti was an official of the

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who was involved in religious and academic censure at the

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, in the late 14th century. He is best remembered as the cardinal who presided at the trial of

Nicholas of Autrecourt Nicholas of Autrecourt ( French: ''Nicholas d'Autrécourt''; Latin: ''Nicolaus de Autricuria'' or ''Nicolaus de Ultricuria''; c. 1299, Autrecourt – 16 or 17 July 1369, Metz) was a French medieval philosopher and Scholastic theologian. Life an ...

. The trial concerned the suspect views of Nicholas of Autrecourt pertaining to the

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. The positive philosophy of Nicholas of Autrecourt conflicted with some points of Catholic theology. The report of the inquiry is most often referred to as ''The Articles of Cardinal Curti''. On May 19, 1346 Nicholas of Autrecourt was sentenced to burn his writings in

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.''Philosophy in the Middle Ages: The Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions'', Arthur Hyman and James Jerome Walsh, Hackett Publishing, 1983, pg. 705.

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