The mediaeval conscience was different from ours

The medieval conscience was nominally free, but it gradually became more and more restricted by the church. About the history of conscience, from the ancient Greeks to Luther.

In a short series of articles we delve into the origins of the ideal of freedom of conscience in our civilisation.

In the previous episode we saw what a conscience is, what it can do for you, and what happens when you try to stretch the boundaries of conscience. We saw how much influence peer pressure can have on our conscience. And that violations of o…