Malcolm Lambert's book is one of the best written in past century.
However, if one would like to enlarge his horizon, true, has to have a look at East.
Ab/ex Oriente lux.
That is the reason I kindly invite colleagues interested on this direction to visit my "heretical" site www.bogomilism.eu
Please do not treat this invitation as a lack of modesty. Just there is a lot accumulated information.

Georgi Vasilev, Ph.D., D.Litt.

Professor of European and Medieval Studies

State University of Library Studies and IT

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From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thu, September 23, 2010 1:24:07 AM
Subject: Re: [M-R] Heresy

medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture

On Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at 3:14 pm, Andrew Larsen wrote (seconding Sean Field):

> Lambert is definitely the best general work on heresy. He also wrote a
> pretty good book on Catharism (unless you're Mark Pegg).
>
> Andrew E. Larsen
>
> On Sep 22, 2010, at 3:09 PM, Sean Field <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> >
> > Malcolm Lambert, "Medieval Heresy," 3rd ed., would be fairly
> standard in English.
> >
> > best,
> > SF
> >
> >
> > On 9/22/2010 4:05 PM, Anne Willis wrote:
> >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> >>
> >> Can anyone recommend a good book on heresy? Preferably one that is
> >> obtainable through the UK library system.
> >>

The degree to which Lambert may be thought either "general" in its coverage or "standard" will vary according to a reader's particular interests. Its subtitle _Popular Movements from Bogomil to Hus_ indicates very plainly its chronological limits and its focus on popular movements. Beyond that, it concentrates almost exclusively on those parts of Europe under the ecclesiastical authority of the church of Rome. If your interest is in monophysites or Nestorians in the Middle Ages or in the _filioque_ (which latter many Orthodox thinkers have viewed as heretical) or in heresies anathematized by the councils of Constantinople in 1341 and 1351, you are unlikely to find Lambert very helpful.

Beyond that, if one's interest is in heresy in general (and Anne in her query specified neither "medieval" nor "Western") one might read a little on the formation of late antique heresies and late antique orthodoxies. One could start with some of the articles in Rowan Williams, ed., _The Making of Orthodoxy: Essays in Honour of Henry Chadwick_ (Cambridge U. P., 1989).

For medieval heresies during the period covered by Lambert but from a Constantinopolitan perspective rather than a Roman one, see chapters 7 and 8 ("The Schism Between East and West"; "Encounter with the West") in John Meyendorff, _Byzantine Theology: Historical Trends and Doctrinal Themes_ (Fordham U. P.; 1st ed. 1974 [corrected printing., 1976], 2d. ed. 1979 [revised printing, 1983]) and/or Michael Angold, ed., _Eastern Christianity_ (Cambridge U.P., 2006; = The Cambridge History of Christianity; vol. 5), esp. chapters 2 and 4 ("Byzantium and the west 1204-1453"; "The rise of hesychasm").

There is also a new book on the _filioque_: A. Edward Siecienski, _The Filoque: History of a Doctrinal Controversy_ (Oxford U. P., 2010). See the blurb here:
http://tinyurl.com/2vn36p4

Best,
John Dillon

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