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Were academics, scholars, and philosophers persecuted by the church and state during the Middle Ages? (zerobytes.monster)
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The original was posted on /r/askhistorians by /u/rymder on 2024-01-24 13:08:36+00:00.

The European Middle Ages are often depicted as a period of intolerance towards viewpoints that might have been considered contrary to church dogma.

Were thinkers with controversial ideas persecuted and penalized for their works? If not legal persecution, what would the potential consequences have been? Were contentious interpretations of holy texts considered more serious than other controversial works, and were there variations in the treatment of different academic fields? Or is the viewpoint that the European Middle Ages were intolerant largely inaccurate?

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