Expansion of the Faith. Crusading on the Frontiers of Latin Christendom in the High Middle Ages

Hardback, 350 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:28 b/w, Language(s):English, German. ISBN 9782503588803. Summary This volume offers a comparative approach to the crusade movement on the frontiers of Latin Christendom in the high Middle Ages, bringing a regional focus to research on these peripheral phenomena. It features several key questions: Which military campaigns were propagated as crusades on the peripheries of the Christian West? What efforts were made to gain recognition for them as crusades and what effects did these have? What value did the crusade movement have for societies at the fines christianitatis? What role did the cruciatae have in strengthening pan-Western sense of togetherness and solidarity, and what role did they have for creation of a crusader and frontier identity? The eighteen papers, ranging in scope from the southern and eastern Baltic regions to Iberia, Egypt and the Balkans, provide new insights into the ways in which crusade rhetoric was reflected in the culture and literature of countries involved in crusading beyond the Holy Land. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Contributors List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations A Note on Names Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction Crusading on the Periphery in the High Middle Ages: Main Debates, New Approaches Paul Srodecki Part I - Adaptation and Rejection Why Did so few Crusaders from East-Central and Eastern Europe Participate in the Crusades to the Holy Land? Zdzis?aw Pentek The Periphery of Europe and the Idea of Crusade: Adaptation and Evolution of Crusader Ideology in Poland under the Piast Dynasty (1100-47) Darius von G ttner-Sporzy?ski Crusades and Crusading in High Medieval Dalmatia and Croatia ? Failed, Abused, Imaginary Neven Budak Part II - Conviction and Violence Burning of Idols ? Mission and Theology around the Baltic Sea Kurt Villads Jensen The Crusade Idea in the Areas of the North-Western Slavs around the Time of the Second Crusade Norbert Kersken A North German Prince on a Pilgrimage in Arms: Political Implications of the Livonian Crusade of Albert I, Duke of Saxony Kristjan Kaljusaar The Role Played by Bishop Bruno of Olomouc in the Prussian Crusades of the Bohemian King Ottokar II Premislas David Sychra Part III - Conquest and Expansion Die schwedischen Kreuzz ge nach Finnland aus der Ostsee-Perspektive Jens E. Olesen Ein folgenloser Kreuzzug? Die Herrschaftsbereiche Graf Adolfs II. von Schauenburg und des Abodritenf rsten Niklot nach dem Wendenkreuzzug von 1147 Martin Sch rrer The Conquest of the Island of Rugia, 1168/1169: A Danish Crusade? Oliver Auge The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) in the Context of Ibero- Christian Conquests in al-Andalus: Myths and Models Luis Garc a-Guijarro Part IV - Catholicism and Orthodoxy Tearing Christ's Seamless Tunic? The 'Eastern Schism' and Crusades against the Greeks in the Thirteenth Century Nikolaos G. Chrissis Between Schism and Union: Rus Adversaries and Allies of the Crusaders in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries Anti Selart Part V - Legitimation and Propaganda Legitimising the Conquest of Egypt: The Frankish Campaign of 1163 Revisited Eric B hme Centrality of the Periphery in Crusade Rhetoric: The Afterlife of the Crusade of Andrew II of Hungary Nora Berend The Rhetoric of the Crusades and Anti-Paganism in the Political Propaganda of Ottokar II Premislas of Bohemia Robert Anton n Fighting the 'Eastern Plague': Anti-Mongol Crusade Ventures in the Thirteenth Century Paul Srodecki Index