Alan V. Murray
Ashgate
Hardback
350
The book explores 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. The main aim of the Baltic Crusades was to bring about acceptance of Christianity on the part of Wends Prussians Livs Letts Estonians and Finns. However conflict manifested itself in other ways: superior military technology enabled the triumph of numerically small Western forces the Baltic landscape was transformed through the construction of churches towns and fortifications the destruction of pagan sites and the imposition of German or Scandinavian names the conquered lands were reorganised into new political and ecclesiastical structures.
Ashgate
Hardback
350
The book explores 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. The main aim of the Baltic Crusades was to bring about acceptance of Christianity on the part of Wends Prussians Livs Letts Estonians and Finns. However conflict manifested itself in other ways: superior military technology enabled the triumph of numerically small Western forces the Baltic landscape was transformed through the construction of churches towns and fortifications the destruction of pagan sites and the imposition of German or Scandinavian names the conquered lands were reorganised into new political and ecclesiastical structures.