The First Crusade had gathered together a new cavalry in defence of Christianity and of the Church of Rome, which was composed of milites whose aim was the liberation of the soul by means of exercising a military role. This was made possible thanks to the ideological glorification of the profession of arms and to the Christianisation of the cavalry, which was by then no longer a secular militia but rather a religious community of warriors at the service of faith, the Church and the Christian society. This contribution will examine this process of legitimation, the profound and difficult reflection within the Christian world dating back to the Gregorian Reforms, and the role of the monacus-miles as a member of the Knights Templar, a peculiar monastic organisation based on the uncommon bond between religious and military tasks.
La legittimità della guerra nell’ideologia degli Ordini religioso-militari: il caso dei Templari
Luciana Petracca
2021-01-01
Abstract
The First Crusade had gathered together a new cavalry in defence of Christianity and of the Church of Rome, which was composed of milites whose aim was the liberation of the soul by means of exercising a military role. This was made possible thanks to the ideological glorification of the profession of arms and to the Christianisation of the cavalry, which was by then no longer a secular militia but rather a religious community of warriors at the service of faith, the Church and the Christian society. This contribution will examine this process of legitimation, the profound and difficult reflection within the Christian world dating back to the Gregorian Reforms, and the role of the monacus-miles as a member of the Knights Templar, a peculiar monastic organisation based on the uncommon bond between religious and military tasks.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
