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The Prehistory of the Crusades - Missionary War and the Baltic Crusades (Hardcover)
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The Prehistory of the Crusades - Missionary War and the Baltic Crusades (Hardcover)
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There is a vigorous debate on the exact beginnings of the Crusades,
as well as a growing conviction that some practices of crusading
may have been in existence, at least in part, long before they were
identified as such. 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 their
historical and ideological origins. Baltic Crusades were
distinctive because they were not directed at the Holy Land, and
they were not against Muslim opponents, but rather against pagan
peoples. From the Emperor Charlemagne's wars against the Saxons in
the 8th and 9th centuries to the Baltic Crusades of the 12th
century, this book explores the sanctification of war in creating
the ideal of crusade. In so doing, it shows how crusading
ultimately developed in the 12th and 13th centuries. The Prehistory
of the Crusades provides a valuable insight into the topic for
students of medieval history and the Crusades.
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