Crusade and Conversion on the Baltic Frontier 1150–1500

Crusade and Conversion on the Baltic Frontier 1150–1500

Author: Alan V. Murray

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1351947141

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This volume represents a major contribution to the history of the Northern Crusades and the Christianization of the Baltic lands in the Middle Ages, from the beginnings of the Catholic mission to the time of the Reformation. The subjects treated range from discussions of the ideology and practice of crusade and conversion, through studies of the motivation of the crusading countries (Denmark, Sweden and Germany) and the effects of the crusades on the countries of the eastern Baltic coast (Finland, Estonia, Livonia, Prussia and Lithuania), to analyses of the literature and historiography of the crusade. It brings together essays from both established and younger scholars from the western tradition with those from the modern Baltic countries and Russia, and presents in English some of the fruits of the first decade of historical scholarship and dialogue after the collapse of the Iron Curtain. The depth of treatment, diversity of approaches, and accompanying bibliography of publications make this collection a major resource for the teaching of the Baltic Crusades.


'Of Laws of Ships and Shipmen'

'Of Laws of Ships and Shipmen'

Author: Edda Frankot

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2012-08-27

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0748668071

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This volume is an important addition to the history of Scotland and European law, utilising innovative research and methodologies to highlight Scotland's position in medieval Europe as a sophisticated legal player. It places Scotland in a wider historical framework for the time and reveals the extent of its maritime connections and influence.


Alexander Leslie and the Scottish Generals of the Thirty Years' War, 1618–1648

Alexander Leslie and the Scottish Generals of the Thirty Years' War, 1618–1648

Author: Alexia Grosjean

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-10-06

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 1317318161

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Field Marshal Alexander Leslie was the highest ranking commander from the British Isles to serve in the Thirty Years’ War. Though Leslie’s life provides the thread that runs through this work, the authors use his story to explore the impacts of the Thirty Years’ War, the British Civil Wars and the age of Military Revolution.


Militant Protestantism and British Identity, 1603–1642

Militant Protestantism and British Identity, 1603–1642

Author: Jason White

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-10-06

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1317323912

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Focusing on the impact of Continental religious warfare on the society, politics and culture of English, Scottish and Irish Protestantism, this study is concerned with the way in which British identity developed in the early Stuart period.


Denmark and the Crusades, 1400-1650

Denmark and the Crusades, 1400-1650

Author: Janus Møller Jensen

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2007-04-30

Total Pages: 443

ISBN-13: 9047419847

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This first full-length study of the role of crusading in late-medieval and early modern Denmark from about 1400 to 1650 offers new perspectives to international crusade studies. The first part of the book proves that crusading had a tremendous impact on political and religious life in Scandinavia all through the Middle Ages. Danish kings argued in the fifteenth century that they had their own northern crusade frontier, which stretched across Scandinavia from Russia in the east well into the North Atlantic and Greenland in the west. A series of expeditions in the North Atlantic were considered to be crusades aimed at re-conquering Greenland as a stepping stone towards India and the realm of Prester John, which was argued to be originally Danish, adding a much neglected corner to the expansion of Christendom in this period. The second part shows that the impact of crusading continued long after the Reformation ostensibly should have put an end to its viability within Protestant Denmark.


A Companion to Stuart Britain

A Companion to Stuart Britain

Author: Barry Coward

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-04-15

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13: 047099889X

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Covering the period from the accession of James I to the death of Queen Anne, this companion provides a magisterial overview of the ‘long' seventeenth century in British history. Comprises original contributions by leading scholars of the period Gives a magisterial overview of the ‘long' seventeenth century Provides a critical reference to historical debates about Stuart Britain Offers new insights into the major political, religious and economic changes that occurred during this period Includes bibliographical guidance for students and scholars


An Urban History of The Plague

An Urban History of The Plague

Author: Karen Jillings

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-04-17

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1317274709

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As a medical, economic, spiritual and demographic crisis, plague affected practically every aspect of an early modern community whether on a local, regional or national scale. Its study therefore affords opportunities for the reassessment of many aspects of the pre-modern world. This book examines the incidence and effects of plague in an early modern Scottish community by analysing civic, medical and social responses to epidemics in the north-east port of Aberdeen, focusing on the period 1500–1650. While Aberdeen’s experience of plague was in many ways similar to that of other towns throughout Europe, certain idiosyncrasies in the city make it a particularly interesting case study, which challenges several assumptions about early modern mentalities.


British and Irish Emigrants and Exiles in Europe, 1603-1688

British and Irish Emigrants and Exiles in Europe, 1603-1688

Author: David Worthington

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010-01-15

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9047444582

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This book comprises the first full-length comparison of Scottish, Irish, English and Welsh migration within Europe in the early modern period. Divided into four sections - 'Immigrants and Civilian Life', 'Diplomats and Travellers', 'Protestants and Patrons' and 'Catholics at Home and Abroad' - it offers a new perspective on several themes. Contributors elucidate networks of traders, soldiers, as well as scholars and religious figures. Material regarding patterns of residence (sometimes of the nature of an enclave, sometimes not), places of worship, choice of marital partners, and cases of return migration, is presented, the results demonstrating clearly the fruitfulness of pursuing a comparative approach to seventeenth-century British and Irish history. Contributors are Waldemar Kowalski, Peter Davidson, Douglas Catterall, Steve Murdoch, Ciaran O’Scea, Éamon Ó Ciosáin, Igor Pérez Tostado, Kathrin Zickermann, Barry Robertson, Siobhan Talbott, Polona Vidmar, David J.B. Trim, Tom McInally, Thomas O’Connor and Caroline Bowden.


The Terror of the Seas?

The Terror of the Seas?

Author: Steve Murdoch

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010-07-12

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9004186344

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This important new book provides the first detailed and clear analysis of the Scots involvement in naval warfare during the early modern period. The lazy use by both contemporaries and some modern authors of the word ‘piracy’ as a catch-all for all sorts of maritime activity obscures a complex picture of Scottish maritime warfare. Through the use of letters of marque and reprisal (rightly distinguished in this analysis) as well as dedicated Crown fleets, Scottish warfare against against a wide range of enemies are scrutinised. This is an impressive book that makes and important contribution to our knowledge of European naval warfare. Its formidably broad range of sources sheds light on many previously little known, or unknown, aspects of naval history. It also provides many valuable new perspectives on the importance of the sea to the Scots, and of the Scots to the naval history of the British Isles.