The Vox Dei: Communication in the Middle Ages

Examines communication methods in Western Europe between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries.

Contents:
The media in the Middle Ages
The church
The Ecclesiastical message
Ecclesiastical communication channels
The catechism of fear and the cult of death
Ecclesiastical propaganda in practice : the crusades
The monarchy
The foundations of the medieval monarchy
Political communication
Propaganda and manipulation of the crusade theme
Symbols and national stereotypes in the Hundred Years War
Heresy
The challenge of heresy
The transmission of heresy
Heresy and propaganda: the Franciscan Crisis
Political propaganda and the heresy of the Knights Templar