The interdict in the thirteenth century : a question of collective guilt
"The interdict was an important and frequent event in medieval society. It was an ecclesiastical sanction which had the effect of closing churches and suspending religious services. Often imposed on an entire community because its leaders had violated the rights and laws of the Church, popes exploited it as a political weapon in their conflicts with secular rulers during the thirteenth century. In this book, Peter Clarke examines this significant but neglected subject, presenting new evidence drawn from manuscripts and archival sources. He begins by exploring the basic legal and moral problem raised by the interdict: how could a sanction that punished many for the sins of few be justified? From the twelfth century, jurists and theologians argued that those who consented to the crimes of others shared in the responsibility and punishment for them
Ebook
x, 300 pages ; 24 cm
9780199208609, 0199208603
137312935
The justification of the interdict in medieval thought
Kinds of interdict
Laying of interdicts
The terms of an interdict
The interdict in action
The lifting of interdicts