History of the Crusades/The Northern Crusades
The Northern Crusades were crusades launched in the Baltic region with the intent of converting the land to Christianity by expelling the pagans. The crusade often served secular purposes in land grabbing and territorial expansion.[1] The Northern Crusades were primarily carried out by the Teutonic Knights, an order founded during the Third Crusade but which soon shifted exclusively toward fighting in the north.
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- ↑ Tyerman, Christopher (2005). The Crusades : a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-151750-1. OCLC 170424196. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/170424196.