The Baltic Crusades, links (1)
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Dragonbear
History
By Kali Harlansson of Gotland: When people talk about the Crusades, they usually think only of the wars against the Muslims in the Holy Land in the 11th through 13th centuries. But the institution of the Crusade was applied at other times and places in the Middle Ages, such as the Albigensian Crusade, that wiped out the vibrant culture of Languedoc; or the Crusades preached against German emperors, as they vied with the popes for dominance in Italian politics. In this article, we're covering the Baltic Crusades, and European paganism's last, best stand against Christianity. (...)



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The School of History & Archaeology
DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE BALTIC CRUSADE, 1199-1266
  
translated from the Latin
by Helen Nicholson.

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