Visual culture and politics in the Baltic Sea region, 1100-1250

Titel: Visual culture and politics in the Baltic Sea region, 1100-1250 / by Kersti Markus ; translated by Aet Varik
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Veröffentlicht: Leiden; Boston : Brill, [2020]
Umfang: XVII, 411 Seiten : Illustrationen, Karten
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
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East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; volume 63
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Andere Ausgaben: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe: Markus, Kersti, 1962. Visual culture and politics in the Baltic Sea region, 1100-1250. - Leiden : Brill, 2020. - 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 411 Seiten)
ISBN: 9789004426160 ; 9789004426177 ; 9789004426177

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.

See inside the book .