A Cultural History of Peace in the Medieval Age

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A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charting the evolving nature and role of peace throughout history. This volume, A Cultural History of Peace in the Medieval Age explores peace from 800 to 1450. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Peace set, this volume presents essays on the meaning of peace, peace movements, maintaining peace, peace in relation to gender, religion and war and representations of peace. A Cultural History of Peace in the Medieval Age is the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on peace in the medieval era. Cover page Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS GENERAL EDITOR’S PREFACE ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION Was there Peace in the Middle Ages? A VERY BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MEDIEVAL AGE PUBLIC AUTHORITY, PEACE, AND VIOLENCE THE MAIN THEMES: RELIGIOUS BELIEF, WAR, HONOR, AND GENDER, COLLECTIVE ACTION CHAPTER ONE Definitions of Peace CAROLINGIAN LEGACIES AMICITIA, PACTA, AND PERFORMANCES OF PEACE PEACE AS PROTECTION AND REFORM OF THE CHURCH THE PEACE OF CITIES PEACE AND SECULAR POLITICAL THEORY CONCLUSION CHAPTER TWO Human Nature, Peace, and War THE METAPHYSICAL BACKGROUND THE PEACE THAT IS SAID OF GOD KINDS OF PEACE AND ZONES OF PEACE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DIMENSIONS OF PEACE CAN PEACE EXTEND ACROSS RELIGIOUS LINES OF DIVISION? PARALLEL DEVELOPMENTS IN ISLAM AND JUDAISM CONCLUSION CHAPTER THREE Peace, War, and Gender IMPRINTING WAR-MAKING AS MASCULINE CODING PEACEMAKING AS FEMININE BLURRING THE LINES CHAPTER FOUR Peace, Pacifism, and Religion: A Universal Longing Unfulfilled THE NATURE OF INTERNAL PEACE: CHRISTIANITY THE NATURE OF INTERNAL PEACE: JUDAISM THE NATURE OF INTERNAL PEACE: ISLAM PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT FAITH IN ISLAM IN JUDAISM IN CHRISTIANITY CHAPTER FIVE Representations of Peace: Heavenly Dreams, Earthly Needs THE LEGACY OF ROME CHRISTIAN IMAGERY: PEACE IN THE CELESTIAL JERUSALEM PEACE ON EARTH THE WORLD OF RITUAL: THE KISS AN URBAN VISION: AMBROGIO LORENZETTI’S PEACE AND WAR CHAPTER SIX Peace Movements: Peace in the Communes PEACE AND THE COMMUNE TO THE EARLY THIRTEENTH CENTURY THE ALLELUIA OF 1233 THE FLAGELLANTS OF 1260 THE POLITICS AND PIETY OF PEACE AMONG THE LATE-MEDIEVAL LAITY ITALY’S LAST MEDIEVAL PEACE MOVEMENT: THE BIANCHI OF 1399 THE IDEAL CITY: NASCENT STATES AND RELIGIOUS IDEALS IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY ITALY CHAPTER SEVEN Peace, Security, and Deterrence INTRODUCTION PEACE, SECURITY, AND THE DISPLACEMENT OF PEOPLE ARBITRATION GUARANTORS AND DETERRENTS OF PEACE AND SECURITY DIPLOMACY AND FOSTERING PEACEFUL RELATIONS PEACE, DETERRENCE, AND LAW IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND BEYOND CHAPTER EIGHT Peace as Integration: The Many Sides of Medieval Peace A PROTEAN TERM A POLITICS OF PACTS THE PEACE OF GOD AND ASSOCIATIVE PEACES A VERY EUROPEAN IDEA OF PEACE NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTRIBUTORS INDEX