The Expansion of the Faith: Crusading on the Frontiers of Latin Christendom in the High Middle Ages (Outremer: Studies in the Crusades and the Latin East, 14) (English and German Edition)

This volume offers a comparative approach to the crusade movement on the frontiers of Latin Christendom in the High Middle Ages, bringing a regional focus to research on these peripheral phenomena. It features several key questions: Which military campaigns were propagated as crusades on the peripheries of the Christian West? What efforts were made to gain recognition for them as crusades and what effects did these have? What value did the crusade movement have for societies at the fines christianitatis? What role did the cruciatae have in strengthening pan-Western sense of togetherness and solidarity, and what role did they have for creation of a crusader and frontier identity? The nineteen papers, ranging in scope from the southern and eastern Baltic regions to Iberia, Egypt and the Balkans, provide new insights into the ways in which crusade rhetoric was reflected in the culture and literature of countries involved in crusading beyond the Holy Land. Introduction: Crusading on the Periphery in the High Middle Ages: Main Debates, New Approaches -- Paul Srodecki -- Part I. Adaptation and Rejection: Why Did so few Crusaders from East-Central and Eastern Europe Participate in the Crusades to the Holy Land? -- Zdzisław Pentek ; The Periphery of Europe and the Idea of Crusade: Adaptation and Evolution of Crusader Ideology in Poland under the Piast Dynasty (1100-47) -- Darius von Güttner-Sporzyński ; Crusades and Crusading in High Medieval Dalmatia and Croatia- Failed, Abused, Imaginary -- Neven Budak -- Part II. Conviction and Violence: Burning of Idols- Mission and Theology around the Baltic Sea -- Kurt Villads Jensen ; The Crusade Idea in the Areas of the North-Western Slavs around the Time of the Second Crusade -- Norbert Kersken ; A North German Prince on a Pilgrimage in Arms: Political Implications of the Livonian Crusade of Albert I, Duke of Saxony -- Kristjan Kaljusaar ; The Role Played by Bishop Bruno of Olomouc in the Prussian Crusades of the Bohemian King Ottokar II Premislas -- David Sychra -- Part III. Conquest and Expansion: Die schwedischen Kreuzziige nach Finnland aus der Ostsee-Perspektive -- Jens E. Olesen ; Ein folgenloser Kreuzzug? Die Herrschaftsbereiche Graf Adolf's II. von Schauenburg und des Abodritenfursten Niklot nach dem Wendenkreuzzug von 1147 -- Martin Schürrer ; The Conquest of the Island of Rugia, 1168/1169: A Danish Crusade? -- Oliver Auge ; The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) in the Context of Ibero-Christian Conquests in al-Andalus: Myths and Models -- Luis García-Guijarro -- Part IV. Catholicism and Orthodoxy: Tearing Christ's Seamless Tunic? The `Eastern Schism' and Crusades against the Greeks in the Thirteenth Century -- Nikolaos G. Chrissis ; Between Schism and Union: Rus Adversaries and Allies of the Crusaders in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries -- Anti Selart -- Part V. Legitimation and Propaganda: Legitimising the Conquest of Egypt: The Prankish Campaign of 1163 Revisited -- Eric Böhme ; Centrality of the Periphery in Crusade Rhetoric: The Afterlife of the Crusade of Andrew II of Hungary -- Nora Berend ; The Rhetoric of the Crusades and Anti-Paganism in the Political Propaganda of Ottokar II Premislas of Bohemia -- Robert Antonín ; Fighting the `Eastern Plague': Anti-Mongol Crusade Ventures in the Thirteenth Century -- Paul Srodecki. Front Matter 1 Paul Srodecki. Crusading on the Periphery in the High Middle Ages 29 Zdzisław Pentek. Why Did so few Crusaders from East-Central and Eastern Europe Participate in the Crusades to the Holy Land? 55 Darius von Güttner-Sporzyński. The Periphery of Europe and the Idea of Crusade 69 Neven Budak. Crusades and Crusading in High Medieval Dalmatia and Croatia — Failed, Abused, Imaginary 89 Kurt Villads Jensen. Burning of Idols — Mission and Theology around the Baltic Sea 99 Norbert Kersken. The Crusade Idea in the Areas of the North-Western Slavs around the Time of the Second Crusade 113 Kristjan Kaljusaar. A North German Prince on a Pilgrimage in Arms 131 David Sychra. The Role Played by Bishop Bruno of Olomouc in the Prussian Crusades of the Bohemian King Ottokar II Premislas 147 Jens E. Olesen. Die schwedischen Kreuzzüge nach Finnland aus der Ostsee-Perspektive 167 Martin Schürrer. Ein folgenloser Kreuzzug? 183 Oliver Auge. The Conquest of the Island of Rugia, 1168/1169 197 Luis García-Guijarro. The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) in the Context of Ibero-Christian Conquests in al-Andalus 209 Nikolaos G. Chrissis. Tearing Christ’s Seamless Tunic? 229 Anti Selart. Between Schism and Union 251 Eric Böhme. Legitimising the Conquest of Egypt 269 Nora Berend. Centrality of the Periphery in Crusade Rhetoric 281 Robert Antonín. The Rhetoric of the Crusades and Anti-Paganism in the Political Propaganda of Ottokar II Premislas of Bohemia 291 Paul Srodecki. Fighting the ‘Eastern Plague’ 303 Back Matter 329 This volume offers a comparative approach to the crusade movement on the frontiers of Latin Christendom in the high Middle Ages, bringing a regional focus to research on these peripheral phenomena. It features several key questions : Which military campaigns were propagated as crusades on the peripheries of the Christian West ? What efforts were made to gain recognition for them as crusades and what effects did these have ? What value did the crusade movement have for societies at the fines christianitatis ? What role did the cruciatae have in strengthening pan-Western sense of togetherness and solidarity, and what role did they have for creation of a crusader and frontier identity ? The eighteen papers, ranging in scope from the southern and eastern Baltic regions to Iberia, Egypt and the Balkans, provide new insights into the ways in which crusade rhetoric was reflected in the culture and literature of countries involved in crusading beyond the Holy Land