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(Law Lat. tireuza Dei;. Saxon -trewfl’e or trewa, from German treu; Ft. treve de Dieu). In the middle ages, a limitation of the right of private warfare introduced by the church. This truce provided that hostilities should cease on holidays, from Thursday evening to Sunday evening of each week, the whole season of Advent and Lent, and the octaves of great festivals. The penalty for breach of the truce was excommunication. The protection of this truce was also extended constantly to certain places, as, churches, convents, hospitals, etc., and certain persons, as, clergymen,” peasants in the field, crusaders (Clermont, 1095), and, in general, all defenseless persons. It was first introduced into Acquitaine in 1077, and into England under William the Conqueror. Enc. Am.
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(Law Lat. tireuza Dei;. Saxon -trewfl’e or trewa, from German treu; Ft. treve de Dieu). In the middle ages, a limitation of the right of private warfare introduced by the church. This truce provided that hostilities should cease on holidays, from Thursday evening to Sunday evening of each week, the whole season of Advent and Lent, and the octaves of great festivals. The penalty for breach of the truce was excommunication. The protection of this truce was also extended constantly to certain places, as, churches, convents, hospitals, etc., and certain persons, as, clergymen,” peasants in the field, crusaders (Clermont, 1095), and, in general, all defenseless persons. It was first introduced into Acquitaine in 1077, and into England under William the Conqueror. Enc. Am.
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