The prehistory of the Crusades
Subtitle: missionary war and the Baltic Crusades
By: Burnam W. Reynolds
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781441155603; 9781441143891
Subjects: Crusades; Culture conflict; Missions; History
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part One: The problem. Frankfurt, 1147: the Baltic Crusades begin; title: A peculiar institution; title: Part Two: The method. The crusade studies revolution; title: The uses of prehistory; title: Part Three: The application. "Missionary war": preaching with a tongue of iron; title: Baptism by treaty; title: The ministry of shields and swords; title: A new kind of pilgrim; title: Christian on Christian violence; title: The legacy of the Baltic Crusades.