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The Popes and the Baltic Crusades 1147-1254
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English
Published/Copyright:
2007
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The Popes and the Baltic Crusades examines the extension of the crusading idea from the Holy Land to the Baltic region. Highlighting the interplay between canon law, missionary ideas and politics, it shows how papal policy on the campaigns against the pagan peoples of north-eastern Europe developed from Pope Eugenius III’s proclamation of a crusade against the Slavs in 1147 to the end of Innocent IV’s pontificate in 1254. It also discusses the interaction between Rome and the princes and bishops of the Baltic region and demonstrates how these local leaders influenced papal crusading policy. The volume shows the variety of the crusading movement of the central Middle Ages and offers a contribution to the ongoing debate about the nature and definition of crusading.
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Iben Fonnesberg-Schmidt, Ph.D. (2004) in Medieval History, University of Cambridge, is currently working at Aalborg University in Denmark. The main focus of her research is the papacy's policies on the crusades and mission in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
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eBook published on:
December 31, 2006
eBook ISBN:
9789047418917
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Main content:
288
eBook ISBN:
9789047418917
Keywords for this book
papacy; crusades; mission; Baltic; region; expansion; Christendom; Latin; Christian; culture
Audience(s) for this book
Academic libraries; graduate students and academics interested in the Baltic crusades; the crusading movement of the 12th and 13th centuries in general; history of the Church; papal policy-making; mission.
