History of the Crusades

the Crusades Episode 250. Episode 215 the Baltic Crusades, the Livonian Crusade Part 21, the Estonian Uprisings.

Hello again.

Now, before we start, I'd like to point you in the direction of a new history

podcast.

It's called the Real Middle Ages podcast and is by one of our

listeners Aaron Miller. Now the first subject that Aaron is tackling in his podcast is the history of Russia in the early medieval period.

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search for the real Middle Ages podcast and have that knowledge gap filled. Now while I'm on the topic of podcasts related to the Baltic

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Okay, so where were we? Ah yes.

Last week we saw a minor victory for Bishop Albert as the Danish king placed

Livonia back under the Bishop's control,

while also relinquishing the regions of Sakalia and Ungarnia in Estonia to the Sword Brothers.

Livonia, Sakalia and Ungarnia were required to swear fealty to Denmark and provide military assistance to the Danish

king if requested, but other than that they were once again masters of their own destinies.

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