Holy warriors the religious ideology of chivalry
This study argues that chivalric ideology of the high and later Middle Ages selectively appropriated religious ideas to valorise the institution of knighthood, and describes how both elite warriors and clerics contributed to a Christian theology that validated the knights' bloody profession.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press
cop. 2009
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| Series: | The Middle Ages series
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| See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991003662829708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
| Summary: | This study argues that chivalric ideology of the high and later Middle Ages selectively appropriated religious ideas to valorise the institution of knighthood, and describes how both elite warriors and clerics contributed to a Christian theology that validated the knights' bloody profession. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 331 p. : il. ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [2295]-317) e índice |
| ISBN: | 9780812241679 |
