Gottschalk – Lone Voice in the Night (7)

…We send to you this vagabond monk, in order that you may shut him up in his convent, and prevent him from spreading his false, heretical, and scandalous doctrine. Rabanus Maurus, Archbishop of Mainz Hincmar, the bishop of Rheims, read the letter that came along with the heretic standing before him. Guards stood on either side of the monk. Hincmar had heard of Gottschalk and his teachings before. Hincmar agreed with Rabanus. He crossed his arms. “It is a serious matter to teach heresy,”...