UID:
edocfu_9958352420302883
Format:
1 online resource (344 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Edition:
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ISBN:
9780812207927
Series Statement:
The Middle Ages Series
Content:
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.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Chapter 1. Violent Knights, Holy Knights --
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Chapter 2. Two Model Knight/Authors as Guides --
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Chapter 3. The Religious Context for Chivalric Ideology --
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Chapter 4. Independence in Knightly Piety --
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Chapter 5. Knightly Ideology Developed and Disseminated --
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Chapter 6. The Hero and the Suffering Servant --
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Chapter 7. Knighthood and the New Lay Theology: Ordines and Labor --
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Chapter 8. Knighthood and the New Lay Theology: Confession and Penance --
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Chapter 9. Writing the Death Certificate for Chivalric Ideology --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index --
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Acknowledgments.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.9783/9780812207927
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812207927
