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On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, theresa wrote: > > Hi! I've been lurking on this list for a few weeks now and it's nice to > be on a list that is actually active! I am a soon-to-be-graduating > undergrad in history at the University of Houston and hope to work on > church history in grad school. > > To the question.... I was glancing through Tellenbach's _The CHurch in > Western Europe from the tenth to early twelfth century_ for information > on the Peace/Truce of God. I came upon a cite concerning popular support > for the movement that I am interested in finding. It was only given as > Mackinney "The People and Public Opinion" and, try as I might, I couldn't > find any previous mention of this article, nor is it in the back. Does > anyone have the citation or even what journal it would be in? Or, could > anyone point me to other good sources on the peace of God, its origins > and who supported/opposed it? > > Thanks a mil, > Theresa Vaughn > > > Loren C. Mackinney, "The People and Public Opinion in the Eleventh-Century Peace Moveement," Speculum V, 1930, pp. 181-206. Be forwarned, Mackinney's article is filled w/anachronisms (Mackinney had a lot more axes to grind than understanding the peace.). For a range of views on the peace (alas w/o my own well-considered ones), see The Peace of God. Social Violence and Religious Response in France Around the Year 1000, ed. Thomas Head and Richard Landes (Ithaca),1992)-- beware of some of the trans. of documents in the appendix. See also Historical Reflectionw/Reflexions historiques XIV.3, 1987-- upon which much of the above vol. was based: interesting to see how some of the original contributions were changed/evolved and also because Bernard Bacharach's fine article was not included in the above vol. I would also recommend that you look at past contributions to Mediev-l for postings mainly by Richard Landes and myself. If you are really serious about working on the peace, then German is a must. The basic starting point remains Harmut Hoffmann, Gottesfriede und Treuga Dei (Schriften der MGH 20; Stuttgart, 1964). Useful for biblio. is Hans-Werner Goetz Kirchenschutz, "Rechtswahrung und Reform: Zu den Zielen und zem Charakter der fruhen Gottesfriedensbewegung," Francia XI, 1983, pp. 193-239. The works of Bonneaud-Delmare (all in French), while dated, remain useful as well-- you can find the refs. in Goetz. Landes has contributed much on the peace (see his recent book on Ademar of Chabannes); I think that I will have a lot of importance to say on this topic in my diss. (due to be finished shortly). So far my official public record has been limited to a talk given at the Fench Historical Conference last Spring in Bosston-- if interested, I'll send you a copy. Anyway I hope this helps and good luck in your work. Michael F. Hynes %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%