The Lives of Hostages and their Influence on the Conversion and Acculturation of Livonia and Prussia during the Baltic Crusades in the 13th Century

Chronicles of the 13th-century Crusades in Livonia and Prussia are full of descriptions of the Catholic conquerors demanding hostages from local elites, but the fate of these hostages and the influence they may have had on the processes of religious conversion and societal change in the east Baltic...

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Main Author: Kristjan Kaljusaar
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Klaipėda University 2016-12-01
Series:Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis
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Online Access:https://e-journals.ku.lt/doi/10.15181/ahuk.v33i0.1495