Peace of God movement

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The Peace of God movement was a medieval church-led initiative that sought to limit violence by protecting noncombatants and church property through moral and legal sanctions on warfare.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Peace of God movement canonical 2
Peace and Truce of God 1
Peace of God 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian peace movement ⓘ
medieval religious movement ⓘ
aimedTo limit violence ⓘ
protect church property ⓘ
protect noncombatants ⓘ
regulate warfare ⓘ
appliedSanctionsTo feudal violence ⓘ
warfare ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
endTime 12th century ⓘ
hasPart Truce of God ⓘ
historicalContext feudal fragmentation ⓘ
private warfare ⓘ
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
influenced Truce of God movement ⓘ
linked to: Truce of God

codes of chivalry ⓘ
later Christian peace thought ⓘ
medieval canon law on warfare ⓘ
influencedBy Augustinian just war theory ⓘ
linked to: just war theory

Christian ethics ⓘ
languageOfDocuments Latin ⓘ
legalBasis church councils ⓘ
synodal decrees ⓘ
mainRegion France ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
notableCouncil Council of Charroux ⓘ
Council of Limoges ⓘ
Council of Poitiers ⓘ
opposedBy warring nobles ⓘ
organizedBy abbots ⓘ
bishops ⓘ
local clergy ⓘ
protectedClass clergy ⓘ
merchants ⓘ
peasants ⓘ
pilgrims ⓘ
protectedObject church lands ⓘ
churches ⓘ
ecclesiastical property ⓘ
monasteries ⓘ
religiousTradition Catholic Church ⓘ
startTime circa 975 ⓘ
late 10th century ⓘ
supportedBy peasants ⓘ
some nobles ⓘ
usedMethod legal sanctions ⓘ
moral sanctions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Odilo of Cluny → associatedWith → Peace of God movement ⓘ
Truce of God → developedFrom → Peace of God movement ⓘ
Truce of God → isRelatedTo → Peace of God ⓘ
linked to: Peace of God movement
Oliba → movement → Peace and Truce of God ⓘ
linked to: Peace of God movement