Media, Information and Technoculture 3225F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Life Insurance, Antichrist
20 Feb 2018
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**pepin the short*: church & state = mutually beneficial alliance, his son = king of the franks (charlemagne) Thought that fasts and prayers prepared his troops for war. United church dogma and symbols with battle speeches in his war propaganda. Song of roland (1100) embellishes his accomplishments and character. Peritonea: 1066, death of english king edward precipitated a crisis, william, duke of normandy wanted to cease the thrown, norwegian king harold wants to take the thrown too, william won @ battle of hastings. The bayeux tapestry (1066: purpose: a compromise piece appealing to 2 groups. It glorifies the battle, but also attributes honor to the defeated. Sensitivity to the fact that the normans were the occupying force. Many religious leaders gained acclaim for traveling and giving rousing exhortations to join the effort against the infidels and free the holy land: justified territorial expansion. Promise of wealth, eternal reward, or pardoning of sins.
