Crusades and violence /:

How was violence understood and justified during the time of the crusades? This book argues that although just/holy war theory has long provided the framework for explaining crusading violence, cultural history gives us deeper insights into the meaning and conduct of medieval crusading warfare. Usin...

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Main Author: Cassidy-Welch, Megan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Leeds] : Arc Humanities Press, [2023]
Series:Past imperfect (ARC Humanities Press)
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:How was violence understood and justified during the time of the crusades? This book argues that although just/holy war theory has long provided the framework for explaining crusading violence, cultural history gives us deeper insights into the meaning and conduct of medieval crusading warfare. Using a range of sources including histories, letters, and material culture from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, this book provides fresh insights into medieval violence and the history of the crusades. It shows how violence was debated, defined, worried about, celebrated, and condemned, and that the boundaries of legitimate and illegitimate conduct in crusading warfare were constantly and consciously tested.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 96 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [91]-96).
ISBN:9781802701296
180270129X

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