Miracles, political authority, and violence in medieval and early modern history. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Matthew Rowley and Natasha Hodgson.
• Editors: Dr, Rowley, Matthew; Hodgson, Natasha R
• Contents: Introduction: Divine Violence: From the Ancient Near East to the Assault on the United States Capitol Matthew Rowley "Words that supply Valour": God, Warfare, and the Rhetoric of Persuasion in Carolingian History Writing Robert Evans Bearded Ghosts and Holy Visions: Miracles, Manliness and Clerical Authority on the First Crusade Natasha Hodgson Narrating ‘New Wonders’: Divine Agency, Crusade, and Afonso I of Portugal’s 1147 Conquest of Santarém Beth C. Spacey Miracles, Divine Agency, and Christian-Muslim Diplomacy During the Crusades Scott Moynihan Divining God’s Favour and Diverting His Wrath: Supernatural Intervention in the Hussite Wars under Jan Žižka, 1419–1424 Andrew K. Deaton The Sword of God: Tyrannicide as a Providential and Miraculous Event from Medieval Debates to Early Modern Religious Conflicts Julien Le Mauff The place of miraculous images/icons in the confrontation between Christian confessions in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the end of the Sixteenth to Seventeenth Centuries Volha Barysenka Providence and Conscience During the Cromwellian Conquest of Scotland, 1650–53 Calum S. Wright ‘Universal martyrdom’: Resistance and Religion in 1650s Ireland Joan Redmond Authority, Toleration and Miracles in the Writings of Roger Williams, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke Matthew Rowley ‘Our Almighty God is the Over-ruling Generalissimo’: Teaching and Experiencing God in the British Army, 1688–1714 Ping Liao Immanent Power and the Conversion of Kings Alan Strathern Pointillist Proofs of Divine Agency in War Matthew Rowley
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 261.70902; Violence -- Religious aspects -- History; Supernatural -- History; Religion and politics; Religious tolerance -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000473827; 9781000473773; 9781003168294
• Related ISBNs: 9780367767266; 9780367767280
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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