Miracles, political authority, and violence in medieval and early modern history / edited by Matthew Rowley and Natasha Hodgson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rowley, Matthew, Dr.

Hodgson, Natasha R.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Series:

Themes in medieval and early modern history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Religious aspects--History.

Violence.

Supernatural--History.

Supernatural.

Religion and politics.

Religious tolerance--History.

Religious tolerance.

History.

Violence--Religious aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 260 pages).

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Routledge, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Matthew Rowley is Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of Leicester and a historian of early modern religion and violence. Trump and the Protestant Reaction to Make America Great Again (2021) examined how Americans interact with historical racism, sexism and exploitation. He is editing a two-volume Global Sourcebook in Protestant Political Thought, 1517⁰́₃1914. Natasha Hodgson is Director of the Centre for the Study of Religion and Conflict at Nottingham Trent University. She wrote Women, Crusading and the Holy Land (2017) and co-edited Crusading and Masculinities (2019). She is series editor for Themes in Medieval and Early Modern History and Advances in Crusader Studies and co-edits Nottingham Medieval Studies.

Contents:

Introduction: Divine Violence: From the Ancient Near East to the Assault on the United States CapitolMatthew Rowley"Words that supply Valour": God, Warfare, and the Rhetoric of Persuasion in Carolingian History WritingRobert EvansBearded Ghosts and Holy Visions: Miracles, Manliness and Clerical Authority on the First CrusadeNatasha HodgsonNarrating ⁰́₈New Wonders⁰́₉: Divine Agency, Crusade, and Afonso I of Portugal⁰́₉s 1147 Conquest of Santar©♭mBeth C. SpaceyMiracles, Divine Agency, and Christian-Muslim Diplomacy During the CrusadesScott MoynihanDivining God⁰́₉s Favour and Diverting His Wrath: Supernatural Intervention in the Hussite Wars under Jan ¿ưi¿ℓka, 1419⁰́₃1424Andrew K. DeatonThe Sword of God: Tyrannicide as a Providential and Miraculous Event from Medieval Debates to Early Modern Religious ConflictsJulien Le MauffThe place of miraculous images/icons in the confrontation between Christian confessions in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the end of the Sixteenth to Seventeenth CenturiesVolha BarysenkaProvidence and Conscience During the Cromwellian Conquest of Scotland, 1650⁰́₃53Calum S. Wright⁰́₈Universal martyrdom⁰́₉: Resistance and Religion in 1650s IrelandJoan RedmondAuthority, Toleration and Miracles in the Writings of Roger Williams, Thomas Hobbes and John LockeMatthew Rowley⁰́₈Our Almighty God is the Over-ruling Generalissimo⁰́₉: Teaching and Experiencing God in the British Army, 1688⁰́₃1714Ping LiaoImmanent Power and the Conversion of KingsAlan StrathernPointillist Proofs of Divine Agency in WarMatthew Rowley

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Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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9781003168294

1003168299

9781000473773

1000473775

9781000473827

1000473821

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40030883990

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