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.
Format: HardbackCONTRIBUTORS: Thomas HeadEAN: 9780801427411COUNTRY: United StatesPAGES: 384WEIGHT: 907 gHEIGHT: 235 mm
PUBLISHED BY: Cornell University PressDATE PUBLISHED: 1992-12-24CITY: GENRE: RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / GeneralWIDTH: 155 mmSPINE:
Thomas Head is Assistant Professor of History at Yale University. He is the author of Hagiography and the Cult of Saints: The Diocese of Orleans. Richard Landes is Assistant Professor of History at Boston University.
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.
Format: HardbackCONTRIBUTORS: Thomas HeadEAN: 9780801427411COUNTRY: United StatesPAGES: 384WEIGHT: 907 gHEIGHT: 235 mm
PUBLISHED BY: Cornell University PressDATE PUBLISHED: 1992-12-24CITY: GENRE: RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / GeneralWIDTH: 155 mmSPINE:
Thomas Head is Assistant Professor of History at Yale University. He is the author of Hagiography and the Cult of Saints: The Diocese of Orleans. Richard Landes is Assistant Professor of History at Boston University.
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