Ideology and holy landscape in the Baltic crusades

This book examines how the military orders and the ideology of crusading gave rise to a new sacred landscape in the medieval Baltic region, an outpost of Latin Christianity. Drawing on a wide variety of sources and international scholarship, the book discusses the paganism of the landscape in writte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Leighton, Gregory (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leeds : Arc Humanities Press 2022.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:War and conflict in premodern societies.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009700839006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 1 LANDSCAPE IMAGERY IN THE TEXTS DOCUMENTING THE BALTIC CRUSADES
  • Chapter 2 LITERARY THEMES AND LANDSCAPE SACRALIZATION IN THE WRITTEN EVIDENCE FOR THE BALTIC CRUSADES
  • Chapter 3 MAPPING LANDSCAPE SACRALIZATION DURING THE BALTIC CRUSADES, THIRTEENTH TO FOURTEENTH CENTURIES
  • Chapter 4 RELICS, PROCESSIONS, AND SACRED LANDSCAPE IN THE BALTIC, THIRTEENTH TO FOURTEENTH CENTURIES
  • Chapter 5 SPACE, VISUAL CULTURE, AND LANDSCAPE SACRALIZATION IN THE BALTIC
  • CONCLUSION
  • CONCORDANCE OF PLACENAMES
  • Appendix RELICS IN THE BALTIC REGION (THIRTEENTH TO SIXTEENTH CENTURIES)
  • ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT TITLES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX