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Book SynopsisThis analysis of peacemaking in the Western world looks at the struggles that took place in the Middle Ages. The author traces the way that 11th century peace movements shaped not only power struggles within Christdom but also the relationship of the Christian world to the world outside.
Trade Review"An outstanding work that successfully engages a historical phenomenon of major influence on our lives today and also looks into one of the more treacherous aspects of human thought and behavior.... Mastnak shows, in a robust and convincing fashion, that the crusades and the peace movement were two faces of the same coin and analyzes in compelling detail how this dynamic played itself out from the eleventh through the fourteenth centuries." - Michael A. Sells, author of The Bridge Betrayed "An enormously important contribution to understanding how Western Europe defined itself as Christendom and then acted on that understanding to shape new and hostile relations with other parts of the world." - Gabrielle M. Spiegel, author of The Past as Text
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. From Holy Peace to Holy War The Peace of God and the Truce of God The Peacemaking Church: From Prohibiting War to Directing the Use of Arms No More Shedding of Christian Blood 2. The Holy Manner of Warfare Just War, Holy War, the Crusade Holy Wars before the Crusades Transformation of the Church's Attitude toward War 3. Christendom and the Crusade The First Western Union: A Common Front against the Pagans Making the Muslim the Enemy The Christian Offensive: Essalcier Sainte Crestiente The Papal Monarchy and the Crusade 4. Monks, Philosophers, and Warrior Monks Sanctification of Crime: St. Bernard of Clairvaux The Infidels Are Unreasonable and Therefore Not Human: Peter the Venerable Ordeal by Fire: St. Francis of Assisi The Scientific Crusade: Roger Bacon The Infidel's Conscience is Inviolable but Not His Life: St. Thomas Aquinas One Language, One Creed, One Faith: Ramon Lull 5. The Fall of the Papal Monarchy and the Rise of Territorial Power Pope Boniface VIII and King Philip IV of France Resacralization of Kingship and the Law of Necessity The Universalism of Territorial Power: French Dominion of the World 6. Imperialists, Separatists, and Crusaders Vindications of the Empire Refutation of Universal Rule The Crusade Spirit: Still "the Will of God" Works Cited Index
