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The Peace of God - by Thomas Head & Richard Landes (Paperback)
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Highlights
- During the dissolution of the former Carolingian Empire, warfare and plunder went unchecked.
- About the Author: Thomas Head is Assistant Professor of History at Yale University.
- 384 Pages
- Religion + Beliefs, Christianity
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About the Book
During the dissolution of the former Carolingian Empire, warfare and plunder went unchecked. An innovative response to this violence was the Church-led initiative known as the Peace of God, perhaps history's earliest mass peace movement. In the...
Book Synopsis
During the dissolution of the former Carolingian Empire, warfare and plunder went unchecked. An innovative response to this violence was the Church-led initiative known as the Peace of God, perhaps history's earliest mass peace movement. In the thirteen essays collected here, leading scholars consider key aspects of the movement and episodes in its history.
From the Back Cover
This book deepens our understanding of the processes of social and religious change that revitalized Europe at the dawn of our millenium.About the Author
Thomas Head is Assistant Professor of History at Yale University. He is the author of Hagiography and the Cult of Saints: The Diocese of Orleans. Richard Landes is Assistant Professor of History at Boston University.