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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793037703321

Autore

Koziol Geoffrey

Titolo

The peace of God / / Geoffrey Koziol [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leeds : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2018

ISBN

1-942401-39-6

1-64189-906-9

1-942401-38-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 141 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Past imperfect

Disciplina

261.873

Soggetti

Peace - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Peace movements - Europe - History

History

Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-141).

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- A Note on Sources -- Maps 1 and 2. Important place-names -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Before the Peace of God -- Chapter 2. The Peace of God -- Chapter 3. Institutionalizing the Peace and Truce -- Conclusion -- Further Reading

Sommario/riassunto

The Peace of God was one of the most important movements of the Middle Ages, yet is highly contested. It has been seen as both radically innovative and fundamentally traditional; as millenarian and not millenarian; as a popular movement and as a way of consolidating power for the elites. Geoffrey Koziol argues for the validity of all these differing viewpoints, because specific instantiations of the Peace of God varied greatly, and there were inherent contradictions in early ideas of peace and peace-making.