Visual culture and politics in the Baltic Sea region, 1100-1250 /
Markus, Kersti,
Visual culture and politics in the Baltic Sea region, 1100-1250 / by Kersti Markus ; translated by Aet Varik. - 1 online resource (xvii, 411 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color). - East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, volume 63 1872-8103 ; . - East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; v. 63. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Visual sources and the Danish crusades -- 2. Visual rhetoric in Denmark in the period of the Baltic crusades -- 3. Visual performances of power in Sweden -- 4. From trade to crusade: Visby -- 5. Manifesting a presence in Livonia and Estonia -- Afterword: Art and politics on the borderland.
"Focusing on visual sources and the cultural landscape, Kersti Markus offers a fresh perspective on the Baltic crusades in Visual culture and politics in the Baltic Sea region, 1100-1250. The book examines how visual propaganda was used by the Danish rulers as an instrument in establishing supremacy in the Baltic Sea region. In recent decades, Danish historians have highlighted the central role of the Valdemar dynasty and the bishops supporting them in the Baltic crusades, but visual sources show how the entire society was mentally prepared for a journey with redemption waiting at the end. A New Jerusalem was being built in Scandinavia, and the crusade to Livonia was conducted under the banner of Christ"--
Translated from the Estonian.
9004426175 9789004426177
2020019057
To 1500
Crusades.
Round churches--Baltic Sea Region.
Round churches--Baltic States.
Architecture--Political aspects--Baltic Sea Region.
Architecture--Political aspects--Baltic States.
Architecture and state--Baltic Sea Region.
Architecture and state--Baltic States.
Architecture and state.
Architecture--Political aspects.
Crusades.
Round churches.
Baltic Sea Region--History--To 1500.
Baltic States--History--To 1500.
Baltic States.
Europe--Baltic Sea Region.
Electronic books.
History.
DL61 / .M3713 2020
948.5/0181
Visual culture and politics in the Baltic Sea region, 1100-1250 / by Kersti Markus ; translated by Aet Varik. - 1 online resource (xvii, 411 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color). - East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, volume 63 1872-8103 ; . - East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; v. 63. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Visual sources and the Danish crusades -- 2. Visual rhetoric in Denmark in the period of the Baltic crusades -- 3. Visual performances of power in Sweden -- 4. From trade to crusade: Visby -- 5. Manifesting a presence in Livonia and Estonia -- Afterword: Art and politics on the borderland.
"Focusing on visual sources and the cultural landscape, Kersti Markus offers a fresh perspective on the Baltic crusades in Visual culture and politics in the Baltic Sea region, 1100-1250. The book examines how visual propaganda was used by the Danish rulers as an instrument in establishing supremacy in the Baltic Sea region. In recent decades, Danish historians have highlighted the central role of the Valdemar dynasty and the bishops supporting them in the Baltic crusades, but visual sources show how the entire society was mentally prepared for a journey with redemption waiting at the end. A New Jerusalem was being built in Scandinavia, and the crusade to Livonia was conducted under the banner of Christ"--
Translated from the Estonian.
9004426175 9789004426177
2020019057
To 1500
Crusades.
Round churches--Baltic Sea Region.
Round churches--Baltic States.
Architecture--Political aspects--Baltic Sea Region.
Architecture--Political aspects--Baltic States.
Architecture and state--Baltic Sea Region.
Architecture and state--Baltic States.
Architecture and state.
Architecture--Political aspects.
Crusades.
Round churches.
Baltic Sea Region--History--To 1500.
Baltic States--History--To 1500.
Baltic States.
Europe--Baltic Sea Region.
Electronic books.
History.
DL61 / .M3713 2020
948.5/0181