Violence and the Medieval Clergy / / ed. by Gerhard Jaritz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• MitwirkendeR: Clarke, Peter,; Jaritz, Gerhard,; Jørgensen, Torstein,; Lala, Etleva,; Lonza, Nella,; Ravančić, Gordan,; Salonen, Kirsi,
• HerausgeberIn: Jaritz, Gerhard,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (102 p.)

Violence was omnipresent in medieval society and affected all areas of life and the members of all social strata. Surviving sources deal regularly with any issues of violent actions, signs and results of violence, violent people and coping with violence. In such evidence, also the members of the clergy played an important role – as writers about violence and critics of it, but also as perpetrators, victims, and witnesses.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- THE MEDIEVAL CLERGY AND VIOLENCE: AN HISTORIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION -- THE APOSTOLIC PENITENTIARY AND VIOLENCE IN TH.E ROMAN CURIA -- “… KILLINGS, UNFORTUNATELY, TAKE PLACE MORE OFTEN HERE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE:” CIVIL AND CLERICAL HOMICIDE IN LATE MEDIEVAL NORWAY -- VIOLENCE AND THE CLERGY IN LATE MEDIEVAL ALBANIA: WITH AND WITHOUT THE PENITENTIARY -- THE BREAD-KNIFE -- SACRED SPACE, VIOLENCE AND PUBLIC LAW IN THE CLOISTERS OF THE FRANCISCAN AND DOMINICAN HOUSES OF DUBROVNIK -- THE PRIEST BARBIUS AND HIS CRIME BEFORE THE STATE AND CHURCH AUTHORITIES OF MEDIEVAL DUBROVNIK -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX