TY  - BOOK
AU  - Markus,Kersti
TI  - Visual culture and politics in the Baltic Sea region, 1100-1250
T2  - East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450,
SN  - 9004426175
AV  - DL61 .M3713 2020
U1  - 948.5/0181 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Crusades
KW  - Round churches
KW  - Baltic Sea Region
KW  - Baltic States
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Architecture and state
KW  - fast
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Europe
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
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