The Prehistory of the Crusades
Missionary War and the Baltic Crusades
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…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4411-5039-4
- EAN: 9781441150394
- Produktnummer: 20930197
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 7'021 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Burnam W. Reynolds is Professor of History at Asbury University, US. The author of many journal articles and scholarly papers, his most recent book is Columbanus: Light on the Early Middle Ages (2011).
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