Papal policy on the Baltic crusades to 1198 -- Innocent III (1198-1216) and the crusades in the Baltic region -- Honorius III (1216-27) and the crusades in the Baltic region -- Papal policy on the Baltic crusades during the pontificates of Gregory IX (1227-41) and Innocent IV (1243-54) -- The popes and the Baltic crusades: conclusions and reflections
Summary
Highlighting the interplay between canon law, missionary ideas and politics, this work shows how papal policy on the campaigns against the pagan people of north-eastern Europe developed from Pope Eugenius III's proclamation of a crusade against the Slavs in 1147 to the end of Innocent IV's pontificate in 1254
Notes
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Cambridge
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-275) and index
