The Clash of Cultures on the Medieval Baltic FrontierAlan V. Murray This book explores the diverse ways in which the Christianisation of the Baltic lands were characterised by cultural conflict between Western settlers and institutions on the one hand, and the native peoples on the other |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
CONVERTING LANDSCAPES CONVERTING PEOPLES | 5 |
A Clash of Two Identities | 37 |
The Transformations of Social | 53 |
A Clash of Cultures? | 73 |
Pope Honorius III and Mission and Crusades in the Baltic | 103 |
Violent Victims? Surprising Aspects of the Just War Theory | 123 |
Converting Trees | 141 |
Sterile Monsters? Russians and the Orthodox Church in | 227 |
Archbishop Vasilii Kalika of Novgorod the Fortress | 253 |
Orthodox Churches in Medieval Livonia | 273 |
Music and Cultural Conflict in the Christianization of Livonia | 293 |
Crossbows or Catapults? The Identification of Siege Weaponry | 307 |
The Significance of the Local Baltic Peoples in the Defence | 321 |
A Select | 341 |
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The Clash of Cultures on the Medieval Baltic Frontier Taylor & Francis Group No preview available - 2020 |
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Åbo Albert Albert of Riga Albert von Buxhövden Archbishop areas Baltic Crusades Baltic Frontier Baltic region Baltic Sea baptism bishop Bruiningk Brundage burials castle Catholic cemeteries Christendom Christian chronicle of Henry Chronicon Livoniae Church conquest Crusade and Conversion cult cultural Curonians Danish Diplomatarium Danicum Dominicans Dorpat Düna early eastern Baltic region enemies Estonia Europe example Finland Finnish fortress fourteenth century German Geschichte Häme heathens Helsinki Henry of Livonia Henry's chronicle hillforts Holy Honorius Innocent Jahrhundert Jensen Karelia king late Latin Latvia Latvijas vēsture letter Letts Lithuanians Livländische Reimchronik Livonian Rhymed Chronicle Livs Lübeck Mary Meinhard Middle Ages mission missionary Mittelalter native Northern Novgorod Novgorodian Orekhov Orthodox pagan papal patron saint peasants Peter von Dusburg political Pope priest Prussia religious Reval Riga Russian settlement social societies sources Šterns Sweden Swedish Sword Brethren Tallinn Tartu territory Teutonic Knights Teutonic Order thirteenth century towns trans Üxküll vols Western