The Church at War: The Military Activities of Bishops, Abbots and Other Clergy in England, C. 900-1200

ISBN-13: 9780367879358 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 320 str.

Daniel Gerrard

Opis

This study addresses three main areas: which clergy engaged in military activity in England, why and when? By what means did they do so? And how did others react to these activities? The book shows that, however vivid such characters as Odo of Bayeux might be in the historical imagination, there was no archetypal militant prelate.

Recenzje

"As a resource to provide a useful framework for further research into the role of warrior clerics, it performs admirably." - Matthew Firth, University of New England

Spis treści

Introduction

Part 1: Occasions and Participants

Chapter 1: Fighting Clergy in Battle and on Campaign

Part 2: Military Power and Practice

Chapter 2: Prelates and their Warriors

Chapter 3: Prelates and their Fortresses

Chapter 4: Spiritual Weapons in Secular Warfare

Chapter 5: Delegated Powers and Marcher Lords

Part 3: Responses

Chapter 6: Canonical Responses

Chapter 7: Political and Judicial Responses

Chapter 8: Narrative Responses

Conclusions

O autorze

Daniel M. G. Gerrard is Director of Greene's Institute in Oxford.