Lay Initiative in the Early Peace of God Movement
Mary Skinner argues in her paper that that the laity were fully involved agents that supported the peace councils, and often took the initiative in trying to limit warfare.
The Middle Ages: The Approach to the Truce of God
This long period of history cannot be represented as a period of peace but as one seeking peace, seeking limitation as to just cause in war and, with it, limitation consistent with the just peace.
The Peace of God and its legal practice in the Eleventh Century
The Peace of God and its legal practice in the Eleventh Century By Thomas Gergen Cuadernos de Historia del Derecho, Vol.9 (2002) Introduction:…