"Kill Them All, God Will Know His Own" Clerical Violence and Violent Clerics in the Medieval World - (History of Warfare) (Hardcover)

About the Book

This collection of essays explores the multitudinous and diverse forms of clerical violence in the Middle Ages, showing that violence against persons, dissenting movements and ideas, books and artwork characterized medieval Christianity almost as much as faith, hope, and charity.

Book Synopsis

Churchmen in the Middle Ages were, in theory, men of peace; in reality, the Church became inextricably enmeshed in the violence of the age, not infrequently functioning as a major contributing factor.
This collection of essays explores the multitudinous and diverse forms which such violence could assume, showing that violence against persons, dissenting movements and ideas, books and artwork characterized Christianity in the medieval world almost as much as faith, hope, and charity.
Contributors are Nicolás Agrait, David S. Bachrach, Ronald W. Braasch, III., Lawrence G. Duggan, Kent G. Hare, John D. Hosler, John Howe, Steven Isaac, Donald J. Kagay, James R. King, Craig M. Nakashian, Helen J. Nicholson, William D. Phillips, Jr., and L. J. Andrew Villalon.

About the Author

L.J. Andrew Villalon, Ph.D. (1984), Yale University is a retired professor of medieval and Spanish History, who last taught at the University of Texas and has authored several monographs, co-edited a number of collections, and published over a dozen articles in journals and collections.
Donald J. Kagay, Ph.D. (1981), Fordham University, is a specialist on medieval Spain who last taught at Albany State University and the University of Dallas. He has edited nine collections of essays, has written four monographs and forty-five articles. He is currently involved in the study of his Texas Family from 1900 to 1960.