Ideology and Holy Landscape in the Baltic Crusades

This book examines how the military orders and the ideology of crusading gave rise to a new sacred landscape in the medieval Baltic region, an outpost of Latin Christianity. Drawing on a wide variety of sources and international scholarship, the book discusses the paganism of the landscape in writte...

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Main Author: Leighton, Gregory (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Arc Humanities Press 2022
Series:War and Conflict in Premodern Societies
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