Representations of the warrior-bishop in eleventh-century Lotharingia.

Given the legal proscriptions against clerics bearing arms, the biographers of bishops who engaged in warfare faced a difficult task when they attempted to justify their heroes' military activities. In eleventh-century Lotharingia, they did so by styling bishops as defenders of an oppressed populace...

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Published in:	Early Medieval Europe Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 103 - 131
Main Author:	Webb, J.R.
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Feb2016
Subjects:	Eleventh century Proscription Viatorians Biographers Bishops
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost