Baltic Crusades and Societal Innovation in Medieval Livonia, 1200-1350

Anti Selart, Ph.D. (2002), is professor of medieval history at the University of Tartu, Estonia. His primary research fields are in the history of medieval Livonia and the Baltic Sea region, including the Northern Crusades and topics related to ecclesiastical history and interconfessional relations in medieval and sixteenth-century East Central Europe.

• PrefaceList of IllustrationsNotes on Contributors1 Life in Livonia: After the Crusades IntroductionAnti Selart2 Domesticating Europe – Novel Cultural Influences in the Late Iron Age Eastern BalticTõnno Jonuks3 Exploiting the Conquerors Socio-political Strategies of Estonian Elites During the Crusades and Christianisation, 1200–1300Kristjan Kaljusaar4 Livonian Economic Resources, 1200–1350 Redistribution and ExpansionAnti Selart5 Missed Patronage? Princely Support for Church Institutions and Military Religious Orders in LivoniaMihkel Mäesalu6 From Prehistory to History Money in Livonia in the Thirteenth CenturyIvar Leimus7 The Legal Status of Women in Livonia, 1200–1400Vija Stikāne8 ‘Local’ Characteristics of the Medieval Livonian TownArvi Haak9 Advancement of Craftsmanship and Manufacturing in Medieval LivoniaAndres Tvauri10 The Formation, Establishment, and Personal Networks of Livonian Cathedral Chapters, 1190–1350Madis Maasing11 Changing Aliens, Changing Natives: Baltic Crusades and Societal Innovation in Medieval Livonia ConclusionChristian LübkeIndex