The respite from hostilities which followed was called the "Truce of God." It was not the musical voice of the bell that made Gilbert de Hers pause on the very threshold of the struggle, and bite his lip until it grew white; ...

Author: George Henry Miles

Publisher: DigiCat

ISBN: EAN:8596547206842

Category: Fiction

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Truce of God" (A Tale of the Eleventh Century) by George Henry Miles. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Rodulphus Glaber on the Truce of God (1041). Historiarum 5.1.15–16. Composed ca. 1044(?). Translation by Richard Landes. 5.1.15. It happened about that time [1041] that, by the inspiration of divine grace, a pact was confirmed starting ...

Author: Thomas Head

Publisher: Cornell University Press

ISBN: 9781501725562

Category: History

Page: 384

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During the dissolution of the former Carolingian Empire, warfare and plunder went unchecked. An innovative response to this violence was the Church-led initiative known as the Peace of God, perhaps history's earliest mass peace movement. In the thirteen essays collected here, leading scholars consider key aspects of the movement and episodes in its history.

The Truce of God Proclaimed in the Diocese of Cologne The great initial age of the movement known as the Peace and Truce of God stretched from the late tenth to the mid - eleventh century . It is best studied in the collection of essays ...

Author: Edward Peters

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

ISBN: 0812216563

Category: Biography & Autobiography

Page: 336

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To its contemporaries, the first Crusade was a journey and its participants were pilgrims. The identifying terminology of "Crusade" came about nearly a century later. In a greatly expanded second edition, Edward Peters brings together primary texts that document 11th-century events leading to what we now call the First Crusade.

The church invariably rejected the authen- ticity of these letters , but in the context of the Peace of God movement such propaganda ... The origin of the relationship between the Truce of God and the Peace of God remains a mystery .

Author: Adriaan Bredero

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

ISBN: 080284992X

Category: History

Page: 424

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This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. Though buffeted on all sides by rapid and at times cataclysmic social, political, and economic change, the medieval church was able to make adjustments that kept it from becoming simply a fossil from the past rather than an enduring institution of salvation. The dynamic interaction between the medieval church and society gives form to this compelling and well-informed study by Adriaan Bredero. By considering medieval Christianity in full relation to its historical context, Bredero elucidates complex medieval realities -- many of which run counter to common modern notions about the Middle Ages. Bredero moves beyond the usual treatment of history by framing his overall discussion in terms of a fascinating and relevant question: To what extent is Christianity today still molded by medieval society? The book begins with an overview of religion and the church in medieval society, from the early Christianization of Western Europe through the fifteenth century. Bredero counters earlier romanticized assessments of the Middle Ages as a thoroughly Christian period by arriving at a definition of Christendom, not in its original sense as the empire of Charlemagne, but rather as "the countries, people, and matters which stood under the influence of Christ."

Following the Peace of God, the Truce of God emerged as a movement toward the second quarter of the 11th century. Just like the Peace of God, the Truce of God was a religious movement, yet it demonstrated a much stronger adherence to ...

Author: Jeffrey M. Shaw Ph.D.

Publisher: ABC-CLIO

ISBN: 9781610695176

Category: Religion

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This three-volume reference provides a complete guide for readers investigating the crucial interplay between war and religion from ancient times until today, enabling a deeper understanding of the role of religious wars across cultures. • Enables readers to explore the ongoing and important relationship between war and religion across history through coverage of the wars themselves; the important leaders, battles, and campaigns; and the treaties that resulted from these wars • Directs readers to further reading material and supplies a comprehensive bibliography that guides further inquiry into the topic of war and religion • Supplies primary source documents that include letters written by participants of the Crusades, proclamations and declarations from the Protestant Reformation, and UN documents related to war and religion

The Peace of God was established in a region by drawing together the people of the area and inducing them to swear to ... there are some accounts of monks who were active in propagating this movement and also the Truce of God , which ...

Author: Phyllis G. Jestice

Publisher: BRILL

ISBN: 9004107223

Category: History

Page: 330

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Focussing on the German empire, this book explains the diversification of monasticism during a period of great change, in particular a shift towards a greater interest in lay religious life. Jestics investigates the changing role of monks in society and examines monastic values in such areas as misionary work, public preaching, pilgrimage and the gregorian reform. It is based on monastic writings, particularly polemics and also uses hagiography.

Peace of God movement.24 But as the movement spread east, north, and south from Aquitaine, Berry, and Auvergne, and as the movement's first wave was followed between 1019 and 1038 by a second, it underwent important changes, ...

Author: Tomaz Mastnak

Publisher: Univ of California Press

ISBN: 9780520226357

Category: History

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Describes the size, characteristics, and composition of the planet Mercury.

Among the ecclesiastics who were foremost in propagat- ing the Truce of God none were more influential than Odilon , abbot of Cluny , and Richard , abbot of Saint - Vanne of Verdun.2 Consequently it is remarkable that although Richard ...

Author: David Charles Douglas

Publisher: Univ of California Press

ISBN:

Category: Civilization, Medieval

Page: 492

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Both a study of Anglo-Norman history based upon long and detailed research and also the biography of a man whose personal career was spectacular.

The first source dates from 990 and is a proclamation of the Peace of God by Guido II, bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay. The second is an example of the Truce of God. Preserved as a communication from Reginbald, archbishop of Arles, ...

Author: Alfred J. Andrea

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

ISBN: 9781624668708

Category: History

Page: 501

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Fully updated and revised, this edition of a classic medieval source collection features: Clear modern English translations, based on the best available critical editions, of more than 116 documentary sources—more than any other book of its kindThirty-four artifactual sources ranging from fine art to everyday itemsA broad topical, geographical, and chronological approach, including textual and artifactual selections that shed light on such often-overlooked cohorts as women, Jews in Christian Europe, Byzantium, and Islam, and that range in time from the second century to 1493Introductions and notes setting each source in its historical contextA detailed Student's Guide providing step-by-step instruction on how to analyze documentary and artifactual sourcesNumerous illustrations in each chapterTopical Contents and a Glossary to assist students in their research

Some required penance even for lawful homicides, as during a war, and others did not.7 The Peace of god Warfare was endemic, and so was personal combat. The Catholic Church was not pacifist, but the church did try to restrain ...

Author: David B. Kopel

Publisher: ABC-CLIO

ISBN: 9781440832789

Category: Religion

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Shedding new light on a controversial and intriguing issue, this book will reshape the debate on how the Judeo-Christian tradition views the morality of personal and national self-defense. • Takes a multidisciplinary approach, directly engaging with leading writers on both sides of the issue • Examines Jewish and Christian sacred writings and commentary and explores how interpretations have changed over time • Offers careful analysis of topics such as the political systems of the ancient Hebrews, the Papacy's struggle for independence, the ways in which New England ministers incited the American Revolution, and the effects of the Vietnam War on the American Catholic church's views on national self-defense • Covers the many sects that have played crucial roles in the debate over the legitimacy of armed force, including Gnostics, Manicheans, Lutherans, Calvinists, and Quakers • Engages with the ideas of leading Jewish philosophers such as Rashi and Maimonides; Christian philosophers such as Origen, Augustine, Aquinas, and Sidney; and the most influential modern exponents of pacifism, such as Dorothy Day, the Berrigan Brothers, and John Howard Yoder