Ideology and holy landscape in the Baltic crusades /

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

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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
:
Leighton, Gregory
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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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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