Ideas and Reality: Some Attempts to Control and Defuse War in the Twelfth Century
Christopher Holdsworth
The track to be explored in this paper was laid down when I realised how relatively unexamined the actual working out of Christian ideas about war within medieval period is. Recent years have seen appear a notable book development on Just War, and great deal work role military aristocracy its ideals, but upon coming together Christianity events there seemed me very little, at least which interests most. one series has attracted attention what can call loosely twelfth century is, course, Crusades, decided put them rather edge my focus since they raised special questions, invite scholar who devoted much time their elucidation give crusading theme later conference. Yet turns for guidance history western Europe is only stands out, La Guerre au Moyen Age by Philippe Contamine appeared Nouvelle Clio as recently 1980, it, would expect from author’s earlier achievement, strongest it deals with Hundred Years War. Nonetheless remarkable am deeply indebted. But given fact that subject still so unmapped, two approaches feasible me, where try look specific wars see Church did them, or source group sources, they, had say Church.
Studies in Church History