Bishops, war, and canon law: The Military Activities of Prelates in High Medieval Norway.
From around 1130 to 1240, Norway was troubled by a series of internal conflicts and succession disputes. In this article, I explore one element of Norwegian prelates' conduct during this period which has received little attention: their involvement in military activities. By comparing how prelates a...
| Publicado en: | Scandinavian Journal of History Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 263 - 286 |
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