Ideology and holy landscape in the Baltic crusades / / Gregory Leighton.

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
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Place / Publishing House:Leeds : : Arc Humanities Press,, 2022.
London : : Bloomsbury Publishing,, 2023.
Year of Publication:2022
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:War and conflict in premodern societies.
Physical Description:1 online resource (242 pages) :; illustrations.
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Other title:Frontmatter --
CONTENTS --
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --
INTRODUCTION --
Chapter 1 LANDSCAPE IMAGERY IN THE TEXTS DOCUMENTING THE BALTIC CRUSADES --
Chapter 2 LITERARY THEMES AND LANDSCAPE SACRALIZATION IN THE WRITTEN EVIDENCE FOR THE BALTIC CRUSADES --
Chapter 3 MAPPING LANDSCAPE SACRALIZATION DURING THE BALTIC CRUSADES, THIRTEENTH TO FOURTEENTH CENTURIES --
Chapter 4 RELICS, PROCESSIONS, AND SACRED LANDSCAPE IN THE BALTIC, THIRTEENTH TO FOURTEENTH CENTURIES --
Chapter 5 SPACE, VISUAL CULTURE, AND LANDSCAPE SACRALIZATION IN THE BALTIC --
CONCLUSION --
CONCORDANCE OF PLACENAMES --
Appendix RELICS IN THE BALTIC REGION (THIRTEENTH TO SIXTEENTH CENTURIES) --
ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT TITLES --
BIBLIOGRAPHY --
INDEX
Summary: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 written sources pre-dating the crusades, in addition to the narrative, legal, and visual evidence of the crusade period. It draws out the key sacralizing elements as expressed in those sources, which structure the definition of sacred landscape, particularly martyrdom, the manifestation of the sacred, and use of relics in battle. By analyzing these aspects with Geographical Information Systems (GIS), a map of the Baltic campaigns emerges that provides a fresh approach to studying contemporary views of holy war in a region with no initial links to the loca sancta of Jerusalem or Europe.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1641899662
1802700595
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Gregory Leighton.