War and Violence in the Western Sources for the First Crusade - Kangas, Sini
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Medieval Westerners accepted killing for religion and praised the outcome of the First Crusade (1096-1099). At the same time, their attitude to violence was ambivalent. Theologians shunned the practical use of force, while the warrior aristocracy valued the capacity for physical destruction. In the absence of theological doctrine on the practicalities of holy warfare, the first crusaders draw their ideas about killing from diverse and sometimes conflicting traditions. This book answers questions about how religious violence was described, justified and remembered in the sources of the First…mehr

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Medieval Westerners accepted killing for religion and praised the outcome of the First Crusade (1096-1099). At the same time, their attitude to violence was ambivalent. Theologians shunned the practical use of force, while the warrior aristocracy valued the capacity for physical destruction. In the absence of theological doctrine on the practicalities of holy warfare, the first crusaders draw their ideas about killing from diverse and sometimes conflicting traditions. This book answers questions about how religious violence was described, justified and remembered in the sources of the First Crusade. What was the relation between faith, convention, and action?
Autorenporträt
Sini Kangas, Ph.D (1973), Tampere University, is a Researcher of the Crusades and Christian ideological warfare. She has published many articles on the history of the Crusades and edited monographs, including Authorities in the Middle Ages: Influence, Legitimacy, and Power in Medieval Society (with Mia Korpiola and Tuija Ainonen, Walter deGruyter, 2013).