Medievalists.net » Peace and Truce of God http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 03:31:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Lay Initiative in the Early Peace of God Movement http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/28/lay-initiative-in-the-early-peace-of-god-movement/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/28/lay-initiative-in-the-early-peace-of-god-movement/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 06:02:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36047 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/28/lay-initiative-in-the-early-peace-of-god-movement/feed/ 0 The Middle Ages: The Approach to the Truce of God http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/12/the-middle-ages-the-approach-to-the-truce-of-god/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/12/the-middle-ages-the-approach-to-the-truce-of-god/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:24:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35621 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/12/the-middle-ages-the-approach-to-the-truce-of-god/feed/ 0 The Peace of God and its legal practice in the Eleventh Century http://www.medievalists.net/2010/12/01/the-peace-of-god-and-its-legal-practice-in-the-eleventh-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2010/12/01/the-peace-of-god-and-its-legal-practice-in-the-eleventh-century/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:31:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=13164 The Peace of God and its legal practice in the Eleventh Century By Thomas Gergen Cuadernos de Historia del Derecho, Vol.9 (2002) Introduction: The “Peace of God” (Pax Dei) was an institution established by the Church and the lay power in an effort to limit private conflicts a movement expanding progressively into the whole of […]

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