Tranquility and Truce of God - Essay Example

The institutionalized peace and truce of God were then Christianized into Crusades. The people are given scriptural provisions that refer to peace and truce of God but these provisions are ‘to be controlled by the law of the church,’ which goes ahead to call for the Crusades (Munro 5-8).

Urban justifies violence against the Muslim world. He calls upon ‘the shepherds to guard on all sides the flock committed to them for if they are not careful the wolf may carry the flock away, and God would reduce the reward stored for them. The justification is also evidenced when he tells the people that being the salt of the world, it is necessary for them to correct the wisdom of the foolish people, failure to which they would be denied the loving presence of God. He further urges that although the people have promised to keep the peace amongst them, they have a greater task of applying the strength of their righteousness towards the brethren who live in Romania where the Turks and Arabs are attacking. The unjust, robbers and mercenaries are told by Urban to fight the barbarians (Thatcher 513-517).