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The Role Of Augustine's City Of God In Shaping Crusader Ethics: A Scholarly View
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Series: The Potent of the Crusades
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ISBN13: 9798292720140
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 16 2025
Pages: 258
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.54 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 16 2025
Pages: 258
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.54 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A Note to Readers
This book is written with a dual audience in mind: scholars of medieval history and theology, and readers interested in the enduring tensions between faith, violence, and ethical reasoning.
You will find in these pages a close reading of City of God interwoven with the lived realities of crusader society-its sermons, its canon law, its papal bulls, its battlefield decisions. Each chapter seeks to move between text and context, between the abstractions of theological doctrine and the practical exigencies of medieval holy war.
This book is written with a dual audience in mind: scholars of medieval history and theology, and readers interested in the enduring tensions between faith, violence, and ethical reasoning.
You will find in these pages a close reading of City of God interwoven with the lived realities of crusader society-its sermons, its canon law, its papal bulls, its battlefield decisions. Each chapter seeks to move between text and context, between the abstractions of theological doctrine and the practical exigencies of medieval holy war.
Readers unfamiliar with Augustine's corpus will find accessible translations and commentaries, while those steeped in his philosophy are invited to explore fresh connections to the ideology of Crusade. The book resists both uncritical sanctification and simplistic condemnation; it instead pursues a nuanced understanding of how a 5th-century bishop's thought was reinterpreted in the fires of 11th-13th century violence.
The extensive appendices and bibliography are designed to support both further research and critical engagement. Latin and vernacular sources are referenced with care, and translations are drawn from respected scholarly editions unless otherwise noted.
This is not a definitive answer to the ethics of the Crusades. Rather, it is an invitation to wrestle with the theological legacy that shaped them.
The extensive appendices and bibliography are designed to support both further research and critical engagement. Latin and vernacular sources are referenced with care, and translations are drawn from respected scholarly editions unless otherwise noted.
This is not a definitive answer to the ethics of the Crusades. Rather, it is an invitation to wrestle with the theological legacy that shaped them.
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