The Peace of God /
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 Ko...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2018
Leeds [England] : Arc Humanities Press, |
| Series: | Past imperfect (ARC Humanities Press)
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 PDF (viii, 141 pages)) : maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-141). |
| ISBN: | 9781942401384 1942401388 9781942401391 1942401396 9781641899062 1641899069 |
| Language: | In English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
