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War and the making of medieval monastic culture /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Katherine Allen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge, UK ; Rochester, N.Y. : Boydell Press, 2011.
Series:Studies in the history of medieval religion ; 37.
Subjects:
Monasticism and religious orders > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
War and society > Europe > History > To 1500.
Table of Contents:
  • Encountering war in the scriptures and liturgy
  • Monks and warriors: negotiating boundaries
  • Spiritual warfare: the history of an idea to c. 1200
  • Martial imagery in monastic texts
  • Warriors as spiritual exemplars
  • Appendix: The Loricati, c. 1050-1240.