"Chiesa - Francia - Storia - Medioevo." . . "Kulturhistoria Europa Medeltiden." . . "Kyrkohistoria Liturgik Frankrike Medeltiden." . . "Monachisme et ordres religieux France Moyen âge." . . "Mots grossiers France Moyen âge." . . "Monaquisme i ordes religiosos França Història 600-1500, Edat mitjana." . . "juron liturgie France 990 / 1250." . . "Benedicció i maledicció Història 600-1500, Edat mitjana." . . "0990-1250" . . "Frankreich." . . "Geschichte 800-1500." . . "Bénédiction et malédiction Histoire 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)" . . "anno 500-1499" . . "Monachisme et ordres religieux France Histoire 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)" . . . . . . "In this long-awaited book, the result of more than a decade of research, Lester K. Little reconstructs and explores the phenomenon of officially sanctioned religious cursing in medieval Europe. He focuses on a church service, called in Latin either clamor or maledictio, used by monastic communities (primarily in Francia) between approximately 990 and 1250. Threatened by bands of heavily armed knights in a period of incessant civil strife, communities of monks, nuns, and cathedral clerics retaliated by cursing their enemies in a formal religious ceremony. After presenting the formulas the monks used in such cursing, Little explores the social, political, and juridical contexts in which these curses were used and explains how Christian authorities who condemned cursing could also authorize it. He demonstrates that these Benedictine maledictions often played a decisive role in resolving the monks' frequent property disputes with local notables, especially knights. Little's approach to his subject is topical. After determining the clamor's sources, he takes up its kinship with such related liturgy as the humiliation of saints and then shows where and to what end it was used. By the conclusion of his work, he has recreated the whole culture of the medieval clamor, and in the process he has illuminated many other aspects of medieval social and legal culture." . . . . . . "Benedictine maledictions : liturgical cursing in Romanesque France"@en . "Benedictine maledictions : liturgical cursing in Romanesque France" . "History"@en . "Church history"@en . "Church history" . "History" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Benedictine maledictions : liturgical cursing in romanesque France" . . . . . . . "Benedictine maledictions liturgical cursing in Romanesque France" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Benedictijnen." . . "Benedictins França Història 990-1250." . . . . "Blessing and cursing." . . "liturgie malédiction France 990 / 1250." . . "Frankrijk." . . "Bénédictins Liturgie." . . "Vervloekingen." . . "Bénédictins Moyen âge." . . "Fluch." . . "Förbannelser Benediktinorden kyrkohistoria Frankrike Medeltiden." . . "Fränkisches Reich." . . "France" . . "France." . "Geschichte." . . "Geschiedenis van Frankrijk." . . "Benedettini - Liturgia - Francia - Medioevo." . . "Excommunication Moyen âge." . . "Bénédiction et malédiction Moyen âge." . . "Christelijke religieuze orden." . . "Monasticism and religious orders." . . "Església" . . "Jurons Moyen âge." . . "Bénédiction et malédiction Histoire 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)" . . "Romersk-katolska kyrkan Förbannelser Frankrike Medeltiden." . . "Segen." . . "Maledizioni - Liturgia - Medioevo." . . "Liturgie." . .