The prehistory of the Crusades : missionary war and the Baltic Crusades /
The prehistory of the Crusades explores how the Crusades came to be seen as the use of aggressive warfare to Christianise pagan lands and peoples. Reynolds focuses on the Baltic, or Northern, Crusades, an aspect of the Crusades that has been little documented, thus bringing a new perspective to thei...
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part One: The Problem
- 1. Frankfurt 1147: The Baltic Crusades Begin
- 2. A Peculiar Institution
- Part Two: The Method
- 3. The Crusade Studies Revolution
- 4. The Uses of Prehistory
- Part Three: The Application
- 5. 'Missionary War': Preaching with a Tongue of Iron
- 6. Baptism by Treaty
- 7. A New Kind of Pilgrim
- 8. Christian on Christian Violence
- 9. The Legacy of the Baltic Crusades
- Glossary
- Index.