The Prehistory of the Crusades: Missionary War and the Baltic Crusades

by Burnam W. Reynolds

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441143890
• ISBN13: 9781441143891
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"