Peace and Truce of God

The Peace of God was a movement that was begun by bishops in southern France around 990 CE to limit the violence against property and the unarmed.Thomas Head, The Peace of God: Social Violence and Religious Response in France Around the Year 1000 (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1992), p. 4 The Carolingian Empire had collapsed, and the nobles were usually fighting with each other.

The Truce of God extended the Peace of God by setting aside certain days of the week on which violence was not allowed.Adriaan H. Bredero, Christendom and Christianity in the Middle Ages (Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 1994), p. 110 Where the Peace of God limited violence against the church and the poor, the Truce of God was about preventing or limiting fighting between Christians, especially knights.Thomas Head, The Peace of God: Social Violence and Religious Response in France Around the Year 1000 (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1992), p. 7

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