Warrior Churchmen of Medieval England, 1000-1250
Theory and Reality
Seiten
2016
The Boydell Press (Verlag)
978-1-78327-162-7 (ISBN)
The Boydell Press (Verlag)
978-1-78327-162-7 (ISBN)
An examination of the actions of clerics in warfare in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, looking at the difference between their actions and prescriptions for behaviour.
Christianity has had a problematic relationship with warfare throughout its history, with the middle ages being no exception. While warfare came to be accepted as a necessary activity for laymen, clerics were largely excluded frommilitary activity. Those who participated in war risked falling foul of a number of accepted canons of the church as well as the opinions of their peers. However, many continued to involve themselves in war - including active participation on battlefields.
This book, focusing on a number of individual English clerics between 1000 and 1250, seeks to untangle the cultural debate surrounding this military behaviour. It sets its examination into a broader context, including the clerical reform movement of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the development of a more comprehensive canon law, and the popularization of chivalric ideology. Rather than portraying these clerics as anachronistic outliers or mere criminals, this study looks at how contemporaries understood their behaviour, arguing that there was a wide range of views - which often included praise for clerics who fought in licit causes. The picture which emerges is that clerical violence, despite its prescriptive condemnation, was often judged by how much it advanced the interests of the observer.
Craig M. Nakashian is Associate Professor of History at Texas A&M University-Texarkana.
Christianity has had a problematic relationship with warfare throughout its history, with the middle ages being no exception. While warfare came to be accepted as a necessary activity for laymen, clerics were largely excluded frommilitary activity. Those who participated in war risked falling foul of a number of accepted canons of the church as well as the opinions of their peers. However, many continued to involve themselves in war - including active participation on battlefields.
This book, focusing on a number of individual English clerics between 1000 and 1250, seeks to untangle the cultural debate surrounding this military behaviour. It sets its examination into a broader context, including the clerical reform movement of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the development of a more comprehensive canon law, and the popularization of chivalric ideology. Rather than portraying these clerics as anachronistic outliers or mere criminals, this study looks at how contemporaries understood their behaviour, arguing that there was a wide range of views - which often included praise for clerics who fought in licit causes. The picture which emerges is that clerical violence, despite its prescriptive condemnation, was often judged by how much it advanced the interests of the observer.
Craig M. Nakashian is Associate Professor of History at Texas A&M University-Texarkana.
Introduction: Churchmen and Warfare
Clerics and War in the First Millennium
Papal Centralization and Canonical Prescriptions
The Epic Archetype: Evidence from Chivalric Literature
The Norman Conquest: Odo of Bayeux and Geoffrey of Coutances
Negotiating a New Anglo-Norman Reality
The Civil War between Stephen and Matilda
The Angevins, Part I: [Henry II and Richard I] Royal Servants
The Angevins, Part II: [Richard I, John, and Henry III] Crusaders for King and Christ
Conclusion: The Thirteenth Century and Beyond
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.11.2016 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Woodbridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 642 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte | |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78327-162-0 / 1783271620 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78327-162-7 / 9781783271627 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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