A Cultural History of Peace in the Medieval Age

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION Was there Peace in the Middle Ages? -- A VERY BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MEDIEVAL AGE -- PUBLIC AUTHORITY, PEACE, AND VIOLENCE -- THE MAIN THEMES: RELIGIOUS BELIEF, WAR, HONOR, AND GENDER, COLLECTIVE ACTION -- CHAPTER ONE Definitions of Peace -- CAROLINGIAN LEGACIES -- AMICITIA, PACTA, AND PERFORMANCES OF PEACE -- PEACE AS PROTECTION AND REFORM OF THE CHURCH -- THE PEACE OF CITIES -- PEACE AND SECULAR POLITICAL THEORY -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER TWO Human Nature, Peace, and War -- THE METAPHYSICAL BACKGROUND -- THE PEACE THAT IS SAID OF GOD -- KINDS OF PEACE AND ZONES OF PEACE -- SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DIMENSIONS OF PEACE -- CAN PEACE EXTEND ACROSS RELIGIOUS LINES OF DIVISION? -- PARALLEL DEVELOPMENTS IN ISLAM AND JUDAISM -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER THREE Peace, War, and Gender -- IMPRINTING WAR-MAKING AS MASCULINE -- CODING PEACEMAKING AS FEMININE -- BLURRING THE LINES -- CHAPTER FOUR Peace, Pacifism, and Religion: A Universal Longing Unfulfilled -- THE NATURE OF INTERNAL PEACE: CHRISTIANITY -- THE NATURE OF INTERNAL PEACE: JUDAISM -- THE NATURE OF INTERNAL PEACE: ISLAM -- PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT FAITH -- IN ISLAM -- IN JUDAISM -- IN CHRISTIANITY -- CHAPTER FIVE Representations of Peace: Heavenly Dreams, Earthly Needs -- THE LEGACY OF ROME -- CHRISTIAN IMAGERY: PEACE IN THE CELESTIAL JERUSALEM -- PEACE ON EARTH -- THE WORLD OF RITUAL: THE KISS -- AN URBAN VISION: AMBROGIO LORENZETTI'S PEACE AND WAR -- CHAPTER SIX Peace Movements: Peace in the Communes -- PEACE AND THE COMMUNE TO THE EARLY THIRTEENTH CENTURY -- THE ALLELUIA OF 1233 -- THE FLAGELLANTS OF 1260 -- THE POLITICS AND PIETY OF PEACE AMONG THE LATE-MEDIEVAL LAITY -- ITALY'S LAST MEDIEVAL PEACE MOVEMENT: THE BIANCHI OF 1399.