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Originally Posted by TimMason
Sorry for this historical interlude, folks  |
Personally, I quite enjoyed it!
And I think I came away from it with a similar view point to yours. The Peace of God was simply the Church's way of protecting its clergy, property & supporters in a time of near chaos. It had nothing to do with righting social/moral wrongs.
However, if that's what was meant by "curb the excesses" then I would guess it at least goes to support the initial clause of his proposition:
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It is because the church set out to curb the excesses of the medieval feudal lords that we today have societies in which the blood-feud is a thing of the past
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However, I think he might have a tougher time proving it as a causative agent as implied by the second part.
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