Description: Unceasing Strife, Unending Fear by William Chester Jordan This absorbing book explores the tensions within the Roman Catholic church and between the church and royal authority in France in the crucial period 1290-1321. During this time the crown tried to force churchmen to accept policies many considered inconsistent with ecclesiastical freedom and traditions--such as paying war taxes and expelling the Je FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This absorbing book explores the tensions within the Roman Catholic church and between the church and royal authority in France in the crucial period 1290-1321. During this time the crown tried to force churchmen to accept policies many considered inconsistent with ecclesiastical freedom and traditions--such as paying war taxes and expelling the Jews from the kingdom. William Jordan considers these issues through the eyes of one of the most important and courageous actors, the Cistercian monk, professor, abbot, and polemical writer Jacques de Therines. The result is a fresh perspective on what Jordan terms "the story of France in a politically terrifying period of its existence, one of unceasing strife and unending fear." Jacques de Therines was involved in nearly every controversy of the period: the expulsion of the Jews from France, the relocation of the papacy to Avignon, the affair of the Templars, the suppression of the "heresies" of Marguerite Porete and of the Spiritual Franciscans, and the defense of the "exempt" monastic orders freedom from all but papal control.The stands he took were often remarkable in themselves: hostility to the expulsion of Jews and spirited defense of the Templars, for example. The book also traces the emergence of King Philip the Fairs (1285-1314) almost paranoid style of rule and its impact on church-state relations, which makes the expression of Jacques de Theriness views all the more courageous. Back Cover "This learned reflection on the French monarchy and papacy in the reign of Philip IV is a wonderful book. The work of a mature scholar thoroughly at home in the period and the source materials, it is an exemplary model of how to blend the biographical, political, and religious-intellectual into a comprehensible account of ideas relating to political action. It has the air of a novel; the writing is graceful, vigorous, and subtle, and always crystal clear." --Theodore Evergates, McDaniel College, editor of Aristocratic Women in Medieval France Unceasing Strife, Unending Fear represents a very intelligent, clearly written, and original look at big and important events in fourteenth-century France through the eyes of a scholar-abbot whose life turns out to be far more interesting than even Nol Valois might have fancied. It is quite difficult to play a single life and line of thought and interest through a political and ecclesiological artillery barrage that ought to dwarf them, but Jordan does this again and again. This book ought to stimulate a lot of discussion and interest among both teachers and their students." --Edward Peters, University of Pennsylvania, author of Limits of Thought and Power in Medieval Europe Author Biography William Chester Jordan is Professor of History and Director of the Program in Medieval Studies at Princeton University. His books include Europe in the High Middle Ages (Penguin) and The Great Famine: Northern Europe in the Early Fourteenth Century (Princeton). Table of Contents *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*PREFACE, pg. ix*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xiii*CHAPTER 1. Encroachments on Ecclesiastical Authority: Taxation, Clerical Immunity, and the Jews, pg. 1*CHAPTER 2. The Pope in Avignon and the Crisis of the Templars, pg. 18*CHAPTER 3. The Exemption Controversy at the Council of Vienne, pg. 37*CHAPTER 4. An Uneasy Relationship: Church and State at the Cistercian Abbey of Sainte-Marie of Chaalis, pg. 56*CHAPTER 5. Old Fights and New: From Exemption to Usus pauper, pg. 73*EPILOGUE: Unceasing Strife, Unending Fear, pg. 98*NOTES, pg. 105*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 137*INDEX, pg. 151 Review "Through his narration of events great and small, Jordan evokes the mood of an age... He effortlessly covers a lot of ground in relatively few pages and there is an attractive economy to his stimulating treatment of subjects that come with considerable historiographical baggage. His book ought to have a wide readership of students and scholars alike."--Patrick Nold, H-France Review "Jordan opens a window on a remote time. It is Jordans genius to spot that window, his achievement to let us peer through. That alone makes this work a valuable contribution to our historical perspective. It adds yet another piece to our understanding of a critical and enigmatic period."--Alan Friedlander, American Historical Review "In this book of modest size, Jordan succeeds in leading the modern reader into the world, work, and concerns of a fourteenth-century monk and scholar who occupied a not-insignificant place in the intellectual and political life of his time. Jordans study provides new insights into debates and dissent over major church issues in the age of the last Capetians."--Kathryn L. Reyerson, Speculum Long Description This absorbing book explores the tensions within the Roman Catholic church and between the church and royal authority in France in the crucial period 1290-1321. During this time the crown tried to force churchmen to accept policies many considered inconsistent with ecclesiastical freedom and traditions--such as paying war taxes and expelling the Jews from the kingdom. William Jordan considers these issues through the eyes of one of the most important and courageous actors, the Cistercian monk, professor, abbot, and polemical writer Jacques de Therines. The result is a fresh perspective on what Jordan terms "the story of France in a politically terrifying period of its existence, one of unceasing strife and unending fear." Jacques de Therines was involved in nearly every controversy of the period: the expulsion of the Jews from France, the relocation of the papacy to Avignon, the affair of the Templars, the suppression of the "heresies" of Marguerite Porete and of the Spiritual Franciscans, and the defense of the "exempt" monastic orders freedom from all but papal control.The stands he took were often remarkable in themselves: hostility to the expulsion of Jews and spirited defense of the Templars, for example. The book also traces the emergence of King Philip the Fairs (1285-1314) almost paranoid style of rule and its impact on church-state relations, which makes the expression of Jacques de Theriness views all the more courageous. Review Quote Unceasing Strife, Unending Fear represents a very intelligent, clearly written, and original look at big and important events in fourteenth-century France through the eyes of a scholar-abbot whose life turns out to be far more interesting than even No Details ISBN0691171491 Author William Chester Jordan Short Title UNCEASING STRIFE UNENDING FEAR Pages 176 Publisher Princeton University Press Language English ISBN-10 0691171491 ISBN-13 9780691171494 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2016 Imprint Princeton University Press Place of Publication New Jersey Country of Publication United States Illustrations black & white illustrations Translated from English Publication Date 2016-07-26 UK Release Date 2016-07-26 NZ Release Date 2016-07-26 US Release Date 2016-07-26 Subtitle Jacques de Thérines and the Freedom of the Church in the Age of the Last Capetians Alternative 9780691121208 DEWEY 944.024 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2016-10-03 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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Book Title: Unceasing Strife, Unending Fear: Jacques de Therines and the Freedom of the Church in the Age of the Last Capetians
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Author: William Chester Jordan
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Language: English
Topic: Religious History, History
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2016
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Number of Pages: 176 Pages
