Holy Warriors : The Religious Ideology of Chivalry /

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Kaeuper argues that chivalric ideology of the high and later Middle Ages selectively appropriated religious ideas to valorize the institution of knighthood. He describes how both elite warriors and clerics contributed to a Christian theology that validated the knights' bloody profession.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaeuper, Richard W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Chivalry in literature.
Knights and knighthood.
Civilization, Medieval.
Chivalry > Religious aspects.
Chivalry.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Civilisation medievale.
Chevalerie dans la litterature.
Knights and knighthood > Europe > History > To 1500.
Chivalry > Europe > History > To 1500.
Europe.
Europe > Histoire religieuse > 476-1492.
Europe > Church history > 600-1500.
History.
Church history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Kaeuper argues that chivalric ideology of the high and later Middle Ages selectively appropriated religious ideas to valorize the institution of knighthood. He describes how both elite warriors and clerics contributed to a Christian theology that validated the knights' bloody profession.
Physical Description:1 online resource (344 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780812207927

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