It's a midweek morning in the ­early 1990s and I'm on Pat Kenny's show on RTÉ. I've been invited on along with a fellow female Northerner to talk about what it's like living in the south: she as a Catholic and me as a Protestant. It's an illuminating, deep-dive kind of a chat, covering many ­dimensions of our lives and seeking to shine a light on how our advance conceptions - and our lived realities - might differ.
With just one word, we can evoke a world of assumptions, stereotypes, and even accusations, clearly marking the difference between who's in and who's out. And when it comes to legal terminology, the stakes are even higher. This week, Danièle speaks with Erin Wagner about what late medieval people meant when they used the word heresy, how the usage evolved, and how medieval people applied ideas of heresy beyond the borders of Christianity.