Writing the Military History of Pre-Crusade Europe by David S. Bachrach Bernard S. Bachrach

Author:David S. Bachrach, Bernard S. Bachrach [David S. Bachrach, Bernard S. Bachrach]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780367547066
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Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-01-15T16:02:04+00:00

Military households of magnates

Bruno routinely identifies by name numerous magnates, both secular and ecclesiastical, who served in the armies of both Henry IV and of his opponents. Bruno also makes clear that these magnates, like the king, led their military households on campaign. At the battle of Mellrichstadt, for example, both Archbishop Werner of Magdeburg and Bishop Werner of Merseburg are depicted by Bruno as present with their men on the battlefield.53 In this case, Bruno was critical of both bishops, despite the fact that they both had been his patrons, because they had presumed to lead their “legions” (legiones) into battle rather than acting properly as churchmen and singing psalms.54

53 Bruno, Saxonicum Bellum, ch. 96.

54 Ibid.

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