1st Edition
The North-Eastern Frontiers of Medieval Europe The Expansion of Latin Christendom in the Baltic Lands
Edited By Alan V. Murray
Copyright 2014
440 Pages
by
Routledge
440 Pages
by
Routledge
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By the mid-twelfth century the lands on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, from Finland to the frontiers of Poland, were Catholic Europe’s final frontier: a vast, undeveloped expanse of lowlands, forest and waters, inhabited by peoples belonging to the Finnic and Baltic language groups. In the course of the following three centuries, Finland, Estonia, Livonia and Prussia were incorporated into... Read more
Contents: Introduction. Part One Historiographical Approaches: Crusades and colonisation in the Baltic: a historiographic analysis, Sven Ekdahl; Approaches to the conversion of the Finns: ideologies, symbols, and archaeological features, Derek Fewster; Part Two Crusade, Conquest and Conversion: Sweden's conquest of Finland: a clash of cultures?, Philip Line; From Fulco to Theoderic: the changing face of the Livonian mission, Peep Peter Rebane; The military activity of the Order of the Sword Brothers (1202-1236), Ä’valds MugureviÄs; Military orders and the beginning of crusades in Prussia, Maria Starnawska; Prussian mission and the invitation of the Teutonic Order into Kulmerland, László Pósán; The arrival of Christianity in Lithuania: baptism and survival (1341-1387), Michal Giedroy. Part Three State Formation: Acquisition of the acquired: the establishing of a real administration in Livonia, Muntis Auns; The military occupation of Semgallia in the 13th century, William Urban; Estonia under Danish rule, Niels Skyum-Nielsen; The Teutonic Order in Prussia, Karol Górski. Part Four Population and Society: Finns as aliens and compatriots in the late medieval kingdom of Sweden, Marko Lamberg; Genesis of the Livonian town in the 13th century, Enn Tarvel; Interactions between indigenous and Western culture in Livonia in the 13th to 16th centuries, Ä’valds MugureviÄs; Languages in a medieval North European city: an example from medieval Tallinn, Tiina Kala; The Teutonic Order and the non-German population of Prussia, Reinhard Wenskus. Part Five Economy: The profits of the Cross: merchant involvement in the Baltic crusade (c. 1180-1230), Mark R. Munzinger; The Hanseatic League and the Eastern Baltic: towns, trade and politics in medieval Livonia from the 13th to the mid-16th century, Andris Å ne. Index.
Biography
Dr Alan V. Murray is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Studies and Editorial Director, International Medieval Bibliography, University of Leeds, UK.
