North-Eastern Frontiers of Medieval Europe

Dr Alan V. Murray is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Studies and Editorial Director, International Medieval Bibliography, University of Leeds, UK.

• Contents: Introduction. Part One Historiographical Approaches: Crusades and colonisation in the Baltic: a historiographic analysis, Sven Ekdahl; Approaches to the conversion of the Finns: ideologies, symbols, and archaeological features, Derek Fewster; Part Two Crusade, Conquest and Conversion: Sweden's conquest of Finland: a clash of cultures?, Philip Line; From Fulco to Theoderic: the changing face of the Livonian mission, Peep Peter Rebane; The military activity of the Order of the Sword Brothers (1202-1236), Ä’valds Mugurevičs; Military orders and the beginning of crusades in Prussia, Maria Starnawska; Prussian mission and the invitation of the Teutonic Order into Kulmerland, László Pósán; The arrival of Christianity in Lithuania: baptism and survival (1341-1387), Michal Giedroy. Part Three State Formation: Acquisition of the acquired: the establishing of a real administration in Livonia, Muntis Auns; The military occupation of Semgallia in the 13th century, William Urban; Estonia under Danish rule, Niels Skyum-Nielsen; The Teutonic Order in Prussia, Karol Górski. Part Four Population and Society: Finns as aliens and compatriots in the late medieval kingdom of Sweden, Marko Lamberg; Genesis of the Livonian town in the 13th century, Enn Tarvel; Interactions between indigenous and Western culture in Livonia in the 13th to 16th centuries, Ä’valds Mugurevičs; Languages in a medieval North European city: an example from medieval Tallinn, Tiina Kala; The Teutonic Order and the non-German population of Prussia, Reinhard Wenskus. Part Five Economy: The profits of the Cross: merchant involvement in the Baltic crusade (c. 1180-1230), Mark R. Munzinger; The Hanseatic League and the Eastern Baltic: towns, trade and politics in medieval Livonia from the 13th to the mid-16th century, Andris Å ne. Index.