Crusading and Chronicle Writing on the Medieval Baltic Frontier: A Companion to the Chronicle of Henry of LivoniaMarek Tamm, Linda Kaljundi, Carsten Selch Jensen Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2011 - 484 pages The 'Chronicle of Henry of Livonia', written by a missionary priest in the early 13th century to record the history of the crusades to Livonia and Estonia in around 1186-1227, offers one of the most vivid examples of the early 13th century crusading ideology in practice. This title is a companion to the work. |
Contents
Henry of Livonia The Writer and His Chronicle | 1 |
Henry of Livonia and the Ideology of Crusading | 23 |
Uses of the Bible in | 45 |
Reflections on Ethnicity in | 77 |
Language Orality and Communication | 107 |
Depicting Death in the Chronicle | 135 |
Henry of Livonia on Woods and Wilderness | 157 |
The Representation of Sermons in | 179 |
Arms Race and Change in War Technology | 245 |
Mechanical Artillery and Warfare in the Chronicle of Henry | 265 |
An Archaeological Reading of the Chronicle of Henry | 291 |
Revisiting Henrys Chronicle | 317 |
The Use and Uselessness of the Chronicle of Henry of Livonia | 345 |
From | 363 |
Henry of Livonia | 409 |
A Selected Bibliography | 457 |
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according to Henry ancient archaeological Arnold of Lübeck Baltic Crusade Baltic region baptized battle Bauer Bible biblical Bishop Albert Brundage campaign Caupo chapter Christian Chronicle of Henry Chronicon Livoniae Chronik als Biographie church citation Codex conversion crossbow cultural Curonians Danes Danish described Dorpat Düna early edition Eesti Estonian example Fellin forests German Geschichte Gruber handschriftliche Überlieferung Heiki Valk Heinrich von Lettland Henry of Livonia Henry's chronicle Henry's text hillfort historian Holy Innocent interpretation Jahrhundert Johann kroonika land language Latin Latv Latvian Leonid Arbusow Lettgallians Letts Lithuanians liturgical Livish Livland Livländische Livonian chronicle Livonian crusade Livonian mission Livs ludus machines manuscript medieval Meinhard mentioned Middle Ages military missionary Mittelalter narrative Origines Livoniae Ösel Öselians pagans papal paterells Pope priest Reval Riga Rigan Russians Segeberg Semgallians sermons siege strongholds Sword Brethren Tallinn Tartu Tarvel Teutonic Order thirteenth century tradition trans translation trebuchets Ugaunia William of Modena