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‘Protecting the non-combatant’: Chivalry, Codes and the Just War Theory

May 23, 2014 By Medievalists.net

Medieval War - Royal 16 G VI f. 427v Civil war in England - image courtesy British Library

The concept of chivalry, a traditional code of conduct idealised by the knightly class relating to times of both peace and war, dominated the medieval period and many of the scholars who contributed to the principle of jus in bello were in fact writing about chivalry.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Aquinas, Augustine, Book of the Order of Chivalry, Chivalry, Cicero, Dominican, Early Middle Ages, Just War (Jus Bellum), Kingdom of Majorca, Peace of God (Pax Dei), Philosophy, Plato, Ramon Llull, Roman Empire, Spain, Tenth century, The City of God/De civitate Dei, Violence, War

Was there Really Such a Thing as Feud in the High Middle Ages?

September 28, 2011 By Medievalists.net

The Cerchi seek vengeance - 1300 (Florence)

The pull toward the taking of personal vengeance is at least as evident in the medieval West as at other times and in other places. It is, indeed, a staple theme of entertainment literature.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Arthurian Romances, Chansons de Geste, Courtly Romances, Crusades, Early Modern, France, High Middle Ages, Italy, Just War (Jus Bellum), Literature, Military History, Old French, Renaissance, Social History, Violence, War