Aristotle Meets Augustine in Fourteenth-Century Liège: Religious Violence in the Chronicon of Jean Hocsem

As William Cavanaugh has remarked, the scholarly notion of religion “should often be surrounded by scare quotes. Its flexibility and occasional nebulousness make evaluating its role in conceiving of, effecting, and justifying violence even more difficult. At the same time, it sticks around and remai...

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Main Author: Padusniak, Chase (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2024
In: Religions
Year: 2024, Volume: 15, Issue: 8
Further subjects:B Augustine
B Historiography
B religion and violence
B Medieval
B Cavanaugh
B Political Theory
B Hocsem
B Middle Ages
B Liège
B Political Theology
B Aristotle
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