What were the Northern Crusades?
The Northern Crusades or Baltic Crusades were crusades undertaken during 1198–1290 by the Christian kings of Denmark, Poland and Sweden, the German Livonian and Teutonic military orders, and their allies against the pagan peoples of Northern Europe around the southern and eastern shores of the Baltic Sea. Swedish and German Catholic campaigns against Russian Eastern Orthodox Christians are also sometimes considered part of the Northern Crusades.
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Wayne Roberts
More crimes committed by the Christian church!
dmarkc
Wouldn't it be ironic if all the aliens want is to convert us?
Liz Hamilton
The Northern Crusades or Baltic Crusades were Christian colonization and Christianization campaigns undertaken by Catholic Christian military orders and kingdoms, primarily against the pagan Baltic, Finnic and West Slavic peoples around the southern and eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, and to a lesser extent also against Orthodox Christian Slavs (East Slavs).
Howard Groopman
Lucked out here; ancient history not my strong suit.
Stephanie Fox
krkyates, osiyo from Cherokee country, where we know all too much about genocide. 55,000,000+ indigenous peoples were murdered for the sake of Christianity.
Joe Mangan
krkyates, yes indeed, and the genocide north of the Rio Grande for greed, kind of like Genghis Khan, give us your land or die.