truce of God

Having just promulgated, at the Council, a historic Truce of God, which restricted combat between Christians to three days a week, Urban declared, “I exhort and demand that you, each, try hard to have the truce kept in your diocese. And if anyone shall be led by his cupidity or arrogance to break this truce, by the authority of God and with the sanction of this Council he shall be anathematized.”

Did you know that in these dad: ages which were visible from Guenever’s window, there was so much decency in the world that the Catholic Church could impose a peace to all their fighting—which it called The Truce of God— and which lasted from Wednesday to Monday, as well as during the whole of Advent and Lent?

II., sends Gregory to Constantinople, 90.Penalties, in the Salic law, 62-65; in Charlemagne's De Partibus Saxoni�, 121-123;in Alfred's legislation, 194-195;for violation of an immunity, 214;for violation of Peace and Truce of God, 230-232.Pepin the Short, son of Charles Martel, 105; mayor of the palace, 105;sends deputation to Pope Zacharias, 106;crowned by Pope Stephen III.,

Council of, decrees Peace and Truce of God, 229-232.Toulouse,

English take position at, 427-428; French advance to, 427, 430-431;English prepare for battle, 431-432;the French defeated at, 433-436.Crime, in the Salic law, 62-65; in Charlemagne's De Partibus Saxoni�, 123;in Charlemagne's Capitulare Missorum Generale, 140-141;Carloman's regulations for suppression of, 175-176;in Alfred's legislation, 194-195;penalties for in Peace and Truce of God, 230-232;protection of scholars against, 343.Crusade,