History of the Crusades

the Crusades Episode 195, the Baltic Crusades, the Levonian Crusade Part 1, Latin Christian expansion. Hello again.

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This week we started a new rather lengthy series on Joan of Arc and the

hundred years war. Yes I know it's not strictly Crusades related, but

what's not to like about a peasant girl with no military experience

taking command and turning the tide of the 100 years war and it features Inquisition, so there's that. The series focuses on Jones

military exploits and the trials and tribulations of the 100 Years War.

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Right, back to the Baltic Crusades. Last week we took a look at the Christianization of Poland and this week we will be commencing

our examination of the Livonian Crusade. Now following the Wenish

Crusade and subsequent secular military campaigns against the Wen's and

following the earlier Christianization of Poland, Latin Christianity in the southern Baltic

region now extends over the river Elba, with the lands of the Wens now officially Christianized.

The Holy Roman Empire, due to its subjugation of the Wens now technically borders Christian Poland. But between

Poland and the Orthodox Russians to the East lie the lands of the pagans. From west to east along the shores of the Baltic

sea, live the Prussians, the Lithuanians, the Curonians, the Letts, the Livoniansians and the Estonians. Do the Latin Christians wish to see these pagans convert to

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