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  • Bible and Crusade Narrative in the Twelfth Century
    Katherine Allen Smith
    The Bible exerted an enormous influence on the crusading movement: it provided medieval Christians with language to describe holy war, spiritual models for crusaders, and justifications for conquests in the East. This book adds to the growing body of scholarship on the biblical underpinnings of crusading, offering a reappraisal of the early twelfth-century narratives of the Fir...
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    117,11 €

  • War and the Making of Medieval Monastic Culture
    Katharine Allen Smith / Katherine Allen Smith
    Monastic culture has generally been seen as set apart from the medieval battlefield, as `those who prayed’ were set apart from `those who fought’. However, in this first study of the place of war within medieval monastic culture, the author shows the limitations of this division. Through a wide reading of Latin sermons, letters, and hagiography, she identifies a monastic langua...
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    26,51 €

  • War and the Making of Medieval Monastic Culture
    Katherine Allen Smith
    'An extremely interesting and important book... makes an important contribution to the history of medieval monastic spirituality in a formative period, whilst also fitting into wider debates on the origins, development and impact of ideas on crusading and holy war.' Dr William Purkis, University of Birmingham Monastic culture has generally been seen as set apart from the mediev...
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    108,19 €