THE BLACK CROSS: A HISTORY OF THE BALTIC CRUSADES.
Code: B267
Price: £25.00
Catalogue(s): Franklin
Category(s): New Books, Ancient to Medieval,
480pp., 25 illus., 7 maps. 2026. Between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries, crusading armies unleashed a relentless holy war against the last pagan societies in northern Europe, particularly in the Baltic Sea region. Led in particular by the warrior monks of the Teutonic Order, they sought to expand Christendom through conquest and conversion.