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Author : Gordon Murray Reynolds
Release : 2021
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Book Synopsis Elite Laywomen and the Ideals of Crusade Support in England, C.1187-1291 by : Gordon Murray Reynolds
Download or read book Elite Laywomen and the Ideals of Crusade Support in England, C.1187-1291 written by Gordon Murray Reynolds. This book was released on 2021. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : DR GORDON M. REYNOLDS
Release : 2024-11-19
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Laywomen and the Crusade in England, 1150-1300 by : DR GORDON M. REYNOLDS
Download or read book Laywomen and the Crusade in England, 1150-1300 written by DR GORDON M. REYNOLDS. This book was released on 2024-11-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers how elite women could participate in Crusade, their means and motivations. The popular perception of the medieval Crusades is of conflicts spanning from the Holy Land to the Baltic, with huge armies of religious zealots led by knights wearing crosses. However, the reality is far more nuanced. The vast majority of those living in western Europe did not go on crusade at all. But that does not mean that crusading was not on their minds, or that they could not influence the movement. They urged others to take up the cross, provided financial support, and prayed for the campaigns in the Holy Land; for them, this was crusade. This book investigates how English laywomen were encouraged to support crusades and identify with holy war during the Middle Ages, challenging preconceptions of what crusade "meant", and bringing out the diverse ways of their participation. It draws on detailed analysis of cartularies, judicial records, chronicles and lyrical sources; it also examines the rich material culture of commemoration that celebrated the endeavour, alongside the papal propaganda which idealised women's sponsorship of crusade. This study therefore sheds new light not only on the role of women in crusade, but on their influence and piety more generally.
Author : Catholic University of America
Release : 2003
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis New Catholic Encyclopedia: A-Azt by : Catholic University of America
Download or read book New Catholic Encyclopedia: A-Azt written by Catholic University of America. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: others.In addition to the hundreds of new signed articles on a wide variety of topics, this new edition also features biographies of contemporary religious figures; thousands of photographs, maps and illustrations; and updated bibliographical citations. The 15th volume is a cumulative index to the entire encyclopedia.
Author : Carolyn A. Muessig
Release : 1998-06-04
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Medieval Monastic Preaching by : Carolyn A. Muessig
Download or read book Medieval Monastic Preaching written by Carolyn A. Muessig. This book was released on 1998-06-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study presents research by specialists of monastic history, literature, and spirituality. Covering the period from 1150 to 1500, this volume demonstrates that monastic preaching was not only carried out in the cloister by monks, but also in public arenas by monks and nuns. The topics range from questioning if the sermons of Bernard of Clairvaux were ever preached, to an analysis of Hildegard of Bingen's preaching against the Cathars. Sermons addressed to monastic communities by secular preachers are also analysed. The diversity of monastic preaching - e.g., cloistered preaching, preaching against heretics, preaching by heretical monks, preaching by nuns - and a geographical range of monastic pastoral history is studied. Medieval Monastic Preaching offers a preliminary step in understanding how sermons and preaching shaped monastic identity in the Middle Ages.
Author : Jessalynn Bird
Release : 2013-03-26
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Crusade and Christendom by : Jessalynn Bird
Download or read book Crusade and Christendom written by Jessalynn Bird. This book was released on 2013-03-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1213, Pope Innocent III issued his letter Vineam Domini, thundering against the enemies of Christendom—the "beasts of many kinds that are attempting to destroy the vineyard of the Lord of Sabaoth"—and announcing a General Council of the Latin Church as redress. The Fourth Lateran Council, which convened in 1215, was unprecedented in its scope and impact, and it called for the Fifth Crusade as what its participants hoped would be the final defense of Christendom. For the first time, a collection of extensively annotated and translated documents illustrates the transformation of the crusade movement. Crusade and Christendom explores the way in which the crusade was used to define and extend the intellectual, religious, and political boundaries of Latin Christendom. It also illustrates how the very concept of the crusade was shaped by the urge to define and reform communities of practice and belief within Latin Christendom and by Latin Christendom's relationship with other communities, including dissenting political powers and heretical groups, the Moors in Spain, the Mongols, and eastern Christians. The relationship of the crusade to reform and missionary movements is also explored, as is its impact on individual lives and devotion. The selection of documents and bibliography incorporates and brings to life recent developments in crusade scholarship concerning military logistics and travel in the medieval period, popular and elite participation, the role of women, liturgy and preaching, and the impact of the crusade on western society and its relationship with other cultures and religions. Intended for the undergraduate yet also invaluable for teachers and scholars, this book illustrates how the crusades became crucial for defining and promoting the very concept and boundaries of Latin Christendom. It provides translations of and commentaries on key original sources and up-to-date bibliographic materials.
