Holy Warriors : : The Religious Ideology of Chivalry / / Richard W. Kaeuper.
The medieval code of chivalry demanded that warrior elites demonstrate fierce courage in battle, display prowess with weaponry, and avenge any strike against their honor. They were also required to be devout Christians. How, then, could knights pledge fealty to the Prince of Peace, who enjoined the...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Middle Ages Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (344 p.) :; 1 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Chapter 1. Violent Knights, Holy Knights
- Chapter 2. Two Model Knight/Authors as Guides
- Chapter 3. The Religious Context for Chivalric Ideology
- Chapter 4. Independence in Knightly Piety
- Chapter 5. Knightly Ideology Developed and Disseminated
- Chapter 6. The Hero and the Suffering Servant
- Chapter 7. Knighthood and the New Lay Theology: Ordines and Labor
- Chapter 8. Knighthood and the New Lay Theology: Confession and Penance
- Chapter 9. Writing the Death Certificate for Chivalric Ideology
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments