"The Name Of The Rose" by Umberto Eco

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Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose is set in a Benedictine abbey in Northern Italy in the fourteenth century. This was a time of turmoil, and all over Europe the Church is persecuting members of the Fraticelli, followers of a lapsed Franciscan monk. He was burned at the stake some twenty years before. He had advocated total poverty, a move that is feared because it might undermine the authority of the Church. The Emperor is supporting the Fraticelli precisely in order to undermine the power of the Church.


This is the background. The story is told by Adso, a young acolyte at the monastery. He is to assist the newly arrived Guglielmo da Baskerville, sent to act as mediator between the forces of tolerance and the Pope's inquisitor, who is stopping at..."

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