Holy Warriors: The Religious Ideology of Chivalry Kaeuper Richard W.Paperback
Holy Warriors: The Religious Ideology of Chivalry Kaeuper Richard W.Paperback The medieval code of chivalry demanded that warrior elites demonstrate fierce courage in battle, display prowess with…
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Holy Warriors: The Religious Ideology of Chivalry Kaeuper Richard W.Paperback
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. How, then, could knights pledge fealty to the Prince of Peace, who enjoined the faithful to turn the other cheek rather than seek vengeance and who taught that the meek, rather than glorious fighters in tournaments, shall inherit the earth? They were also required to be devout Christians.
As elite laity, knights had theological ideas of their own. By what logic and language was knighthood valorized?In Holy Warriors, Richard Kaeuper argues that while some clerics sanctified violence in defense of the Holy Church, others were sorely troubled by chivalric practices in everyday life. Soundly pious yet independent, knights proclaimed the validity of their bloody profession by selectively appropriating
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