Ecologies of Crusading, Colonization, and Religious Conversion in the Medieval Baltic

Ecologies of Crusading, Colonization, and Religious Conversion in the Medieval Baltic Synopsis

In the thirteenth century, crusading armies unleashed a relentless holy war against the pagan tribal groups of the Eastern Baltic, whose territories were conquered and reorganized into Christian states run by the Teutonic Order, bishops, and their cathedral chapters. This second Terra Sacra volume draws together a series of case-studies on Livonia and Prussia that provide a unique snapshot of recent research into environmental change during the Baltic Crusades and also explore long-term trends in landscape organization and environmental exploitation. It forms a companion to Environment, Colonization, and the Baltic Crusader States: Terra Sacra I.