Violence and the medieval clergy / edited by Gerhard Jaritz and Ana Marinković.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jaritz, Gerhard, 1949-

Marinković, Ana.

Series:

CEU medievalia ; 16.

CEU medievalia ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church.

Violence--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Violence.

Catholic Church--Europe--Clergy--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Congresses.

Church history.

Clergy.

History.

Violence--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Europe.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

95 pages ; 18 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, [2011]

Summary:

Seven essays from a 2008 international gathering further a research project on the Apostolic Penitentiary Registers that the Medieval studies department at Central European University began in 2001. The topics include the Apostolic Penitentiary and violence in the Roman curia, violence and the clergy in late Medieval Albania, the bread-knife, and the priest Barbius and his crime before the state and church authorities of Medieval Dubrovnik. Distributed in the US by Books International. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The Medieval Clergy and Violence: An Historiographical Introduction / Peter Clarke Clarke, Peter 3

The Apostolic Penitentiary and Violence in the Roman Curia / Kirsi Salonen Salonen, Kirsi 17

"Killings, Unfortunately, Take Place More Often Here than Anywhere Else: " Civil and Clerical Homicide in Late Medieval Norway / Torstein Jergensen Jergensen, Torstein 29

Violence and the Clergy in Late Medieval Albania: with and without the Penitentiary / Etleva Lald Lald, Etleva 47

The Bread-Knife / Gerhard Jaritz Jaritz, Gerhard 55

Sacred Space, Violence and Public Law in the Cloisters of the Franciscan and Dominican Houses of Dubrovnik / Gordan Ravanc Ravanc, Gordan 67

The Priest Barbius and His Crime before the State and Church Authorities of Medieval Dubrovnik / Nella Lowza Lowza, Nella 77.

Notes:

Papers from the workshop "Coping with violence, and the medieval clergy (from the local settlement of dispute to approaching the Papal Penitentiary)," held at Dubrovnik in 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

615505326X

9786155053269

OCLC:

692291052

Publisher Number:

99945666404