The Baltic Crusades in the thirteenth century led to the creation of the medieval Livonia. But what happened after the conquest? The contributors to this volume analyse the cultural, societal, economic and technological changes in the Baltic Sea region c. 1200–1350. The chapters focus on innovations and long-term developments which were important in integrating the area into medieval European society more broadly, while also questioning the traditional divide of the Livonian post-crusade society into native victims and foreign victors. The process of multilateral negotiations and adaptions created a synthesis which was not necessarily an outcome of the wars but also a manifestation of universal innovation processes in northern Europe.
Author(s): Anti Selart (ed.)
Series: The Northern World. North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 A.D. Peoples, Economies and Cultures, 93
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 416
City: Leiden
Preface vii
List of Illustrations viii
Notes on Contributors xi
Chapter 1. Life in Livonia: After the Crusades. Introduction / Anti Selart 1
Chapter 2. Domesticating Europe – Novel Cultural Influences in the Late Iron Age Eastern Baltic / Tõnno Jonuks 29
Chapter 3. Exploiting the Conquerors: Socio-political Strategies of Estonian Elites During the Crusades and Christianisation, 1200–1300 / Kristjan Kaljusaar 55
Chapter 4. Livonian Economic Resources, 1200–1350: Redistribution and Expansion / Anti Selart 90
Chapter 5. Missed Patronage? Princely Support for Church Institutions and Military Religious Orders in Livonia / Mihkel Mäesalu 130
Chapter 6. From Prehistory to History: Money in Livonia in the Thirteenth Century / Ivar Leimus 164
Chapter 7. The Legal Status of Women in Livonia, 1200–1400 / Vija Stikāne 189
Chapter 8. 'Local' Characteristics of the Medieval Livonian Town / Arvi Haak 232
Chapter 9. Advancement of Craftsmanship and Manufacturing in Medieval Livonia / Andres Tvauri 261
Chapter 10. The Formation, Establishment, and Personal Networks of Livonian Cathedral Chapters, 1190–1350 / Madis Maasing 318
Chapter 11. Changing Aliens, Changing Natives: Baltic Crusades and Societal Innovation in Medieval Livonia Conclusion / Christian Lübke 367
Index 393
