THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER HISTORY WORKSHOP
presents

KIRA THURMAN
Ph.D. Candidate, European History
University of Rochester

“A Black Prima Donna in Berlin: Race and Reception in 19th-Century Germany”
Thursday, September 10, 2009 7:00pm-9:00pm 456 Rush Rhees Library

Refreshments will be provided.

ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND

Richard W. Kaeuper's Book Released 8/29/09
Holy Warriors: The Religious Ideology of Chivalry

In Holy Warriors, Richard Kaeuper argues that while some clerics sanctified violence in defense of the Holy Church, others were sorely troubled by chivalric practices in everyday life. As elite laity, knights had theological ideas of their own. Soundly pious yet independent, knights proclaimed the validity of their bloody profession by selectively appropriating religious ideals. Their ideology emphasized meritorious suffering on campaign and in battle even as their violence enriched them and established their dominance. In a world of divinely ordained social orders, theirs was blessed, though many sensitive souls worried about the ultimate price of rapine and destruction.