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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Superior document:War and Conflict in Premodern Societies Series
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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Arc Humanities Press,, 2022.
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Year of Publication:2022
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:War and Conflict in Premodern Societies Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages)
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