medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture The change on war goes along with a larger issue of the role of clergy, direct or indirect, in the shedding of blood. Sally Scully wrote a dissertation on this topic in the 1970's, but it did not become a book. Also related is the issue of the Just War, on which see Fred Russell's book with that same title. Tom Izbicki At 08:18 PM 11/29/2001 +0000, you wrote: >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > >Dear Claudio, >My Italian is not very good, so please forgive me if Ihave >misunderstood the nature of your question, but you might look at >H.E.J. Cowdrey, 'The Genesis of the Crusades: The Springs of Western >Ideas of Holy War', in The Holy War, ed. Thomas Patrick Murphy, >Columbus 1976, pp. 9-32. This traces the change in attitudes towards >military activity in the eyes of the church, and the significant >change is located not with Innocent III but with his predecessor, >Alexander III. >Cheers, >Jim Bugslag > >********************************************************************** >To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME >to: [log in to unmask] >To send a message to the list, address it to: >[log in to unmask] >To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion >to: [log in to unmask] >In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >[log in to unmask] >For further information, visit our web site: >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html Thomas M. Izbicki Collection Development Coordinator Eisenhower Library Johns Hopkins University 3400 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 Telephone: 410-516-7173 Fax: 410-516-8399 ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html