Holy warriors : the religious ideology of chivalry

Holy warriors : the religious ideology of chivalry / Richard W. Kaeuper.

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaeuper, Richard W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2009.
Series:Middle Ages series.
Subjects:
To 1500
Chivalry in literature.
Chivalry > Religious aspects.
Chivalry > Europe > History > To 1500.
Civilization, Medieval.
Knights and knighthood > Europe > History > To 1500.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Chivalry
Chivalry > Religious aspects
Civilization, Medieval
Knights and knighthood
Chivalry in literature
Europe > Church history > 600-1500.
Europe
Church history
History
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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 (viii, 331 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-317) and index.
ISBN:9780812207927
0812207920
Language:In English.

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