War and Violence in the Western Sources for the First Crusade / / Sini Kangas.
Medieval Westerners accepted killing for religion and praised the outcome of the First Crusade (1096-1099). At the same time, their attitude to violence was ambivalent. Theologians shunned the practical use of force, while the warrior aristocracy valued the capacity for physical destruction. In the...
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Superior document: | Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2024 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2024. ©2024 |
Year of Publication: | 2024 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2024.
History of Warfare ; 143. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Figures
- 1 Introduction
- 1 What Is Crusading All About?
- 2 Defining Violence
- 3 Sources
- 3.1 Participants of the First Crusade: Gesta Francorum, Raymond of Aguilers, Fulcher of Chartres and Other Contemporary Chroniclers
- 3.2 Vernacular Chansons of the Crusades
- 3.3 Legal Sources
- 2 Canonical Theory
- 1 Greco-Roman and Judaic Origins of Just War Theory
- 2 The Question of Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence and the Concept of Crusade
- 2.1 The Canon Law Principles in the Framework of the First Crusade
- 2.2 Parallel Phenomena
- 3 Conclusions
- 3 Military Tradition
- 1 Practice of Warfare
- 2 Laws of War and Homicide
- 2.1 Restriction of Private War
- 2.2 Hostage-Taking and Captivity
- 3 The Great Encounter
- 3.1 Crusader Hero
- 3.2 Vengeance
- 3.3 Knight and Church
- 3.4 The Great Encounter against a Noble Enemy
- 3.5 Categories of Crusader Violence in the Gesta Francorum
- 4 The Cleric in Holy War
- 4.1 Clerics on the First Crusade
- 4.2 Forced Conversion
- 5 Conclusions
- 4 Crusader Belief
- 1 Papal Launch of the First Crusade
- 2 Sin
- 2.1 Cruelty
- 2.2 Avarice
- 2.3 Lasciviousness
- 3 Remedy
- 3.1 A Violent God
- 3.2 Cleansing the Temple
- 4 The Adversary
- 4.1 Guibert of Nogent on Saracens
- 4.2 The Darker Side of the Mirror Image
- 5 Conclusions
- 5 Afterword
- Appendix: Timeline of the First Crusade
- Bibliography
- Manuscripts
- Printed Sources
- Literature
- Index.