Jerusalem in the North

• Preface
• p. xiii

• I
• Introduction
• p. 1

• 1
• 'Nomen (est) Omen'
• p. 1

• 2
• To Take up One's Cross and Follow Christ
• p. 5

• 3
• The Tradition of Valour
• p. 14

• II
• The Wendish Crusades
• p. 15

• 1
• Wends and Danes before the Crusades

• 2
• The Early Crusades against the Wends
• p. 18

• 3
• A Crusade to Småland?
• p. 30

• 4
• Otto of Bamberg's First Missionary Journey
• p. 31

• 5
• Danish-Slavic Parallel Alliances in the Struggle for the Wendish Territories
• p. 34

• 6
• Otto of Bamberg's Second Missionary Journey
• p. 36

• 7
• The Crusading King Faces the Crusading Saint
• p. 38

• 8
• Erik Emune's Conquest of Arkona
• p. 44

• III
• The Wendish Crusade of 1147
• p. 45

• 1
• Aims and Ideology of the Crusade against the Wends
• p. 46

• 1
• Heathen or Christian
• p. 53

• 3
• The Sources for Danish Participation in the Wendish Crusade of 1147
• p. 55

• 4
• The Second Phase of the Wendish Crusades
• p. 59

• 5
• The Conquest of Arkona and the End of Svantevit
• p. 66

• Helmold's Version
• p. 66

• Saxo: Absalon Takes Charge
• p. 67

• 6
• Were the Wendish Campaigns Really Crusades? The Religious Aftermath
• p. 76

• 7
• Later Danish Expeditions to the Wendish Regions
• p. 81

• 8
• Conclusions
• p. 85

• IV
• Danish Crusading Institutions
• p. 89

• 1
• Drunken Fornicators: Crusading Preachers in Denmark
• p. 89

• 1
• Equipping and Financing the Crusades
• p. 93

• 3
• Equipment
• p. 94

• 4
• 'To Redeem my Cross': The Financing of Crusades
• p. 103

• 5
• The Militarisation of Society
• p. 108

• 6
• Castles and Fortifications
• p. 108

• 7
• Towns
• p. 115

• 8
• The Military Orders
• p. 118

• 9
• The Leding
• p. 115

• 10
• The Crusader's Spiritual Rewards: Crusading Indulgence and Crusading Theology
• p. 119

• 11
• The Spiritual Reward for the First Crusade
• p. 131

• 12
• The Theologians' Discussions and the Development of Indulgence in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
• p. 135

• V
• Danish Attention Turns to the Eastern Baltic
• p. 139

• VI
• The Danish Crusades to Finland
• p. 145

• VII
• The Crusades to the Baltic Lands
• p. 157

• 1
• The Mission to Livonia and the First Crusades, 1186-1201
• p. 161

• 2
• Bishop Albert and the Foundation of Riga
• p. 168

• 3
• The Permanent Crusade
• p. 171

• 4
• To Take the Cross: Crusading Vows and Crusading Privileges
• p. 171

• 5
• King Valdemar's Secret Vow
• p. 173

• 6
• Crusading Privileges and Indulgences in Danish Sources
• p. 175

• 7
• The Length of Crusader's Vows
• p. 177

• 8
• The Fight against the Pagans
• p. 178

• VIII
• The Russians and the Early Phase of the Baltic Crusades
• p. 185

• IX
• The Danish Crusades to Estonia up to 1236
• p. 195

• 1
• Anders Sunesen: The End of the Mission to Livonia?
• p. 195

• 2
• The Danish Conquest of Estonia
• p. 199

• 3
• The Danish Attack on Estonia
• p. 103

• 4
• The Legend of the Flag
• p. 205

• 5
• The Christianisation of the Estonians and Danish Relations with Livonia
• p. 209

• X
• Denmark and the Crusades to Prussia
• p. 217

• 1
• The Prussians, Christianity and the Early Crusading Movement
• p. 227

• 2
• From the Wendish Lands and Pomerania to Prussia
• p. 228

• 3
• Geo-Political Complications
• p. 229

• 4
• The Competition over the Prussian Mission: Bishop Christian and the Danish Crusades
• p. 232

• 5
• The Consequences of the Danish Collapse in 1223
• p. 239

• XI
• Teutonic Knights and Mendicants: New Actors in Prussia and Livonia
• p. 243

• 1
• From Palestine to Prussia
• p. 244

• 2
• Military Orders: Monks or Warriors?
• p. 248

• 3
• The Military Orders in Prussia: Mission or War of Conquest?
• p. 251

• 4
• Castle Building and Town Foundations in Prussia
• p. 254

• 5
• The Mendicants and Mission in the Territories of the Teutonic Knights
• p. 260

• 6
• The Recruitment of Crusaders for the Campaigns in Prussia and Livonia
• p. 265

• XII
• From the Battle of Saule to the Battle on the Ice
• p. 269

• 1
• The Arrival of the Teutonic Knights in Livonia: The Treaty of Stensby
• p. 269

• 2
• Crusades against the Russians: Pope Gregory IX's Russian Policy
• p. 272

• 3
• The Mongol Hordes and the Russian Principalities
• p. 272

• 4
• The 'Russian' Crusades
• p. 274

• XIII
• Papal European Policies: Crusading with the Russians?
• p. 281

• 1
• Innocent IV Sets New Priorities for Crusading
• p. 281

• 2
• Alliance and Church Union with the Russians
• p. 284

• XIV
• Denmark and Estonia, 1250-94: Danish Impotence
• p. 191

• XV
• The Dream of the Baltic Empire
• p. 303

• 1
• Erik VI Menved and Riga
• p. 303

• 2
• Erik VI Menved, Novgorod and Sweden
• p. 308

• 3
• Erik VI Menved, the Archbishops, the Teutonic Knights and the Curia
• p. 311

• 4
• Erik VI Menved and the Danish Vassals
• p. 314

• XVI
• The Dissolution of the Danish Crusading Empire
• p. 311

• XVII
• The Crusades after 1346
• p. 333

• 1
• Continuing Preaching, Continuing Indulgences
• p. 333

• 2
• Valdcmar IV Atterdag's Crusading Plans
• p. 335

• 3
• A Crusade for Queen Margaret
• p. 338

• 4
• Danish Crusading Activity after the Fall of Constantinople
• p. 340

• 5
• The Stockholm Bloodbath: The Last Danish-Swedish Crusade
• p. 347

• XVIII
• Crusades to Greenland and India
• p. 353

• Maps
• p. 355

• Bibliography
• p. 359

• Index
• p. 377