Christianity and war in medieval East Central Europe and Scandinavia. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Radosław Kotecki, Carsten Selch Jensen, Stephen Bennett.
• Editors: Kotecki, Radosław; Jensen, Carsten Selch; Bennett, Stephen
• Contents: List of Abbreviations 1. Christianity and War in Medieval East Central Europe and Scandinavia – An Introduction, Radosław Kotecki, Carsten Selch Jensen, and Stephen Bennett Part I: The Church and War 2. The Role of the Dalmatian Bishops and Archbishops in Warfare during the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: A Case Study on the Archbishops of Split, Judit Gál 3. Thirteenth-Century Hungarian Prelates at War, Gábor Barabás 4. The Image of 'Warrior-Bishops' in the Northern Tradition of the Crusades, Sini Kangas 5. Memory of the 'Warrior-Bishops' of Płock in the Writings of Jan Długosz, Jacek Maciejewski 6. Preachers of War: Dominican Friars as Promoters of the Crusades in the Baltic Region in the Thirteenth Century, Johnny Grandjean Gøgsig Jakobsen 7. Depictions of Violence in Late Romanesque Mural Paintings in Denmark, Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen Part II: Religion in War, and its Cultural Expressions 8. Religious Rituals of War in Medieval Hungary under the Árpád Dynasty, Dušan Zupka 9. Pious Rulers, Ducal Clerics, and Angels of Light: 'Imperial Holy War' Imagery in Twelfth-Century Poland and Rus', Radosław Kotecki 10. Religion and War in Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum: The Examples of Bishop Absalon and King Valdemar I, Carsten Selch Jensen 11. Rhetoric of War: The Imagination of War in Medieval Written Sources (Central and Eastern Europe in the High Middle Ages), David Kalhous and Ludmila Luňáková 12. Civil War as Holy War? Polyphonic Discourses of Warfare during the Internal Struggles in Norway in the Twelfth Century, Bjørn Bandlien 13. Martyrdom on the Field of Battle in Livonia during Thirteenth-Century Holy Wars and Christianization: Popular Belief and the Image of a Catholic Frontier, Kristjan Kaljusaar 14. Orthodox Responses to the Baltic Crusades, Anti Selart Notes on Editors and Contributors Selected Bibliography Index.
• Edition: New edition
• Publisher Details: Leeds : Arc Humanities Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
• Subjects: 947.000902; Military history, Medieval; Christianity and politics -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- To 1500; Christianity and politics -- Scandinavia -- History -- To 1500; Church and state -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- To 1500; Church and state -- Scandinavia -- History -- To 1500; Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Europe, Eastern -- History, Military; Scandinavia -- History, Military
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781641891349
• Related ISBNs: 9781641891332
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