History of the Crusades

the Crusades Episode 2006 the Baltic Crusades, the Levonian Crusade Part 12, Levonia Under Attack.

Hello again. 12 Livonia under attack.

Hello again.

Last week we saw Bishop Albert succeed in pushing Latin Christian territory further up the

Dalgova River.

However, we also saw a raid by the Semigalians and Christians into Lithuania end in disaster. If you think that this combined success and failure will have an impact

on Bishop Albert's plans to expand Christian Lovonia, you would be right.

At this stage in the events, so around the year 1209, Bishop Albert seems happy to concentrate on consolidating Christian gains on the river

Dalgova and perhaps on extending Christian rule further up the river. The Sword Brothers, however, have different plans.

The Sword Brothers are not really happy with their one-third of holdings in Livonia and with healthy volumes of

Crusaders now visiting Livonia every year the Sword Brothers are keen to take

some of these Christian swords and conquer some land and some pagans,

not for their bishop, but for themselves.

Not wanting to step on Bishop Albert's toes too much, the Sword Brothers

are currently proposing attacking parts of Estonia.

Is Bishop Albert rubbing his hands together at the thought of the Sword Brothers

conquering pagan Estonia?

No, he's not. In fact Bishop Albert thinks that this is a terrible idea.

King Valdemar of Denmark still has his expansionist eye on the Baltic region, and his

recent personal journey to the region indicated that the place he was most interested in conquering was, of course, Estonia.

So for the Sword Brothers to charge in to Estonia would be to invite Danish intervention and once the

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