Military Chaplains and the Religion of War in Ottonian Germany, 919–1024

The Ottonian kings of Germany (919-1024) inherited from their Carolingian predecessors a tripartite system of pastoral care for the army. At the most basic level, the Ottonian kings provided chaplains to their soldiers to hear their confessions before battle. At the army-wide level, priests and bish...

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Main Author: Bachrach, David (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2011
In: Religion, state & society
Year: 2011, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 13-31
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