Andrew of Fleury and the Peace League of Bourges
One of the most extraordinary episodes in the development of the Peace movement was the formation by Archbishop Aimo of Bourges of a militia, composed of both clergy and “unarmed” (that is under-class) lay people, to enforce the knights’ compliance with the oaths taken in that diocese.
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.