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What common features can be discerned in the careers of Tanchelm, Henry of Le Mans, Peter of Bruys and Arnold of Brescia.
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TWELFTH CENTURY HERESY AND RELIGIOUS DISSENT What common features can be discerned in the careers of Tanchelm, Henry of Le Mans, Peter of Bruys and Arnold of Brescia. The 12th century is characterised by an "evangelical awakening," stimulated by the Gregorian assault on ecclesiastical corruption.1 These reforms, however, were not wholly implemented, and when they were it was often inadequate. Wandering lay preachers were a consequence of the Gregorian attempt at Church reform.2 Often orthodox many, however, not only criticised clerical morals, but also the sacraments, doctrine, and the authority of the church.3 Tanchelm4, Peter of Bruys, Henry Le Mans and Arnold of Brescia are significant examples of such individuals who felt the church did not meet their needs for religious life and leadership:5 "...one great stimuli of popular dissent... [was] the failure of the church to meet the high expectations of moral renewal which were aroused by Gregorian reformers."6 Peter of Bruys...
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