The Peace of God: Social Violence and Religious Response in France around the Year 1000

The Peace of God: Social Violence and Religious Response in France around the Year 1000

by Richard Landes (Author), Thomas Head (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 05 Mar 2010

ISBN 10: 0801480213
ISBN 13: 9780801480218

Author Bio
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.