medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
But it's hard to
> believe that younger ennobled sons who were sent into church careers,
> or the average aristocratic bishop, or those lucky attendant priests
> who got attached to royal or noble courts either as chaplains or
> bureaucrats would be able to resist the allure of the culture of
> "courtoisie" in which they moved.
To reinforce John's claim here, it might be pointed out that many priests, and especially
bishops, were active in the Crusades, particular the Albigensian Crusades. Bishops, in fact,
often accompanied royal armies in France that had nothing to do with crusading.
Cheers,
Jim
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