by Richard Landes (Author), Thomas Head (Author)
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: Paperback
Pages: 384
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 05 Mar 2010
ISBN 10: 0801480213
ISBN 13: 9780801480218