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The Chronicle of Henry of Livonia, written by a missionary priest
in the early thirteenth century to record the history of the
crusades to Livonia and Estonia around 1186-1227, offers one of the
most vivid examples of the early thirteenth century crusading
ideology in practice. Step by step, it has become one of the most
widely read and acknowledged frontier crusading and missionary
chronicles. Henry's chronicle offers many opportunities to test and
broaden the new approaches and key concepts brought along by recent
developments in medieval studies, including the new pluralist
definition of crusading and the relationship between the
peripheries and core areas of Europe. While recent years have
produced a significant amount of new research into Henry of
Livonia, much of it has been limited to particular historical
traditions and languages. A key objective of this book, therefore,
is to synthesise the current state of research for the
international scholarly audience. The volume provides a multi-sided
and multi-disciplinary companion to the chronicle, and is divided
into three parts. The first part, 'Representations,' brings into
focus the imaginary sphere of the chronicle - the various images
brought into existence by the amalgamation of crusading and
missionary ideology and the frontier experience. This is followed
by studies on 'Practices,' which examines the chronicle's
reflections of the diplomatic, religious, and military practices of
the christianisation and colonisation processes in medieval
Livonia. The volume concludes with a section on the
'Appropriations,' which maps the reception history of the
chronicle: the dynamics of the medieval, early modern and modern
national uses and abuses of the text.
The Chronicle of Henry of Livonia, written by a missionary priest
in the early thirteenth century to record the history of the
crusades to Livonia and Estonia around 1186-1227, offers one of the
most vivid examples of the early thirteenth century crusading
ideology in practice. Step by step, it has become one of the most
widely read and acknowledged frontier crusading and missionary
chronicles. Henry's chronicle offers many opportunities to test and
broaden the new approaches and key concepts brought along by recent
developments in medieval studies, including the new pluralist
definition of crusading and the relationship between the
peripheries and core areas of Europe. While recent years have
produced a significant amount of new research into Henry of
Livonia, much of it has been limited to particular historical
traditions and languages. A key objective of this book, therefore,
is to synthesise the current state of research for the
international scholarly audience. The volume provides a multi-sided
and multi-disciplinary companion to the chronicle, and is divided
into three parts. The first part, 'Representations,' brings into
focus the imaginary sphere of the chronicle - the various images
brought into existence by the amalgamation of crusading and
missionary ideology and the frontier experience. This is followed
by studies on 'Practices,' which examines the chronicle's
reflections of the diplomatic, religious, and military practices of
the christianisation and colonisation processes in medieval
Livonia. The volume concludes with a section on the
'Appropriations,' which maps the reception history of the
chronicle: the dynamics of the medieval, early modern and modern
national uses and abuses of the text.
Prior to the high Middle Ages, the Baltic Rim was largely terra
incognita-but by the late Middle Ages, it was home to diverse small
and large communities. But the Baltic Rim was not simply the place
those people lived-it was also an imagined space through which they
defined themselves and their identities. This book traces the
transformation of the Baltic Rim in this period through a focus on
the self-image of a number of communities: urban and regional,
cultic, missionary, legal, and political. Contributors look at the
ways these communities defined themselves in relationship to other
groups, how they constructed their identities and customs, and what
held them together or tore them apart.
Our historical understanding of the Reformation in northern Europe
has tended to privilege the idea of disruption and innovation over
continuity - yet even the most powerful reformation movements drew
on and exchanged ideas with earlier cultural and religious
practices. This volume attempts to right the balance, bringing
together a roster of experts to trace the continuities between the
medieval and early modern period in the Nordic realm, while
enabling us to see the Reformation and its changes in a new light.
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