The popes and the Baltic Crusades, 1147-1254.9004155023 The popes and the Baltic Crusades, 1147-1254. Fonnesberg-Schmidt, Iben. BRILL 2007 387 pages $134.00 Hardcover The northern world; v.26 BX1263 Not every crusader went south. Sometimes they went north. Here Fonnesberg-Schmidt (medieval history, Aalborg U., Denmark) describes the crusades against the Slavs initiated by Eugenius III Eugenius III orig. Bernard of Pisa (born , near Pisa—died July 8, 1153, Tivoli, near Rome; beatified 1872; feast day July 8) Pope (1145–53). in 1147 which continued to the end of Innocent IV's pontificate in 1254. She begins by analyzing papal policy on the Baltic crusades up to 1198, the beginning of the pontificate of Innocent III Innocent III, b. 1160 or 1161, d. 1216, pope (1198–1216), an Italian, b. Anagni, named Lotario di Segni; successor of Celestine III. Innocent III was succeeded by Honorius III. and his subsequent interpretation of missions among non-Christians in the Baltic region For other uses, see Baltic (disambiguation). The Baltic region is an ambiguous term that refers to slightly different combinations of countries in the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea. and elsewhere, and the nature of care for the newly converted, an effort which Honorius III Honorius III, d. 1227, pope (1216–27), a Roman named Cencio Savelli; successor of Innocent III. He was created cardinal in 1197 and was an able administrator of the papal treasury. coordinated the Dominicans from 1216 to 1227. The pontificates of Gregory IX Gregory IX, 1143?–1241, pope (1227–41), an Italian named Ugolino di Segni, b. Anagni; successor of Honorius III. As cardinal under his uncle, Innocent III, he became, at St. Francis' request, the first cardinal protector of the Franciscans. and Innocent IV that followed included crusades on Prussia, Livonia, Estonia, Finland and Russia, and Gregory IX further involved the mendicant orders in follow-up. The result was a curious and variable combination of crusade and mission rivaling the complexity of the crusade for Jerusalem. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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