Northern Crusades

The 'Northern Crusades', inspired by the Pope's call for a Holy War, are less celebrated than those in the Middle East, but they were also more successful: vast new territories became and remain Christian, such as Finland, Estonia and Prussia. This title provides an account of a tumultuous era.

Reviews

"The verve and vigour of Eric Christiansen's study illuminates developments vital in the early history of Eastern Europe and brings to life a story that had epic dimensions"
—Maurice Keen
"For a one-volume history of the Northern Crusades, the reader has but one choice; this is it"
—William Urban in the American Historical Review
"A fine study of the Baltic conquest"
—Hans Eberhard Meyer in the English Historical Reivew
"Independent, erudite, lucid and witty … a narrative that never flags"
—Christpher Tyerman
"A fascinating and elegant book"
—Geoffrey Wheatcroft in the London Review of Books