Crusading and the Penitential Life: James of Vitry’s Crusade Sermon Models and Llull’s De fine

This essay compares James of Vitry’s crusade sermon models with Llull’s most extensive treatise on crusading, De fine and shows that the aspects of crusade ideology which they share are rooted in the penitential theology which developed throughout the course of the thirteenth century. The comparison...

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Autor: Beattie, Pamela
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad de las Islas Baleares
Repositorio:Biblioteca Digital de les Illes Balears
OAI Identifier:studiaLulliana:Studia_Lulliana_2014v054p033
Acceso en línea:http://ibdigital.uib.es/greenstone/sites/oai-site/collect/studiaLulliana/index/assoc/Studia_L/ulliana_/2014v054/p033-1.dir/Studia_Lulliana_2014v054p033.pdf
http://ibdigital.uib.es/greenstone/library/collection/studiaLulliana/document/Studia_Lulliana_2014v054p033
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Llull, Ramon, 1232/3-1315 Vida Coetánea Criticism and interpretation
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Sumario:This essay compares James of Vitry’s crusade sermon models with Llull’s most extensive treatise on crusading, De fine and shows that the aspects of crusade ideology which they share are rooted in the penitential theology which developed throughout the course of the thirteenth century. The comparison has implications for the role of preaching and homiletic materials in Llull’s own intellectual and religious formation and for the centrality of preaching and rhetorical concerns in his thought. The study also contributes to our understanding of the persistence of enthusiasm for the crusade into the later middle ages and leads to a greater appreciation of the role that preaching played in that persistence. Most importantly, it points to Llull as representative of a crucial development in later medieval religious culture that came increasingly to emphasize the notion that religion was something that one practiced, not simply a set of propositions to be believed.