Northern Crusades
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The Northern Crusades were a series of medieval Christian military campaigns by Catholic powers to conquer and convert pagan and Orthodox populations around the Baltic Sea.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Northern Crusades canonical | 22 |
| Livonian Crusade | 7 |
| Prussian Crusade | 6 |
| Baltic crusades | 2 |
| Baltic Crusades | 1 |
| Livonian crusade | 1 |
| Northern (Baltic) Crusades | 1 |
| Teutonic Order crusades | 1 |
| Wendish Crusade | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Northern Crusades Context triple: [Alexander Nevsky, conflict, Northern Crusades]
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A.
Crusade in Europe
Crusade in Europe is Dwight D. Eisenhower’s World War II memoir recounting his leadership of Allied forces in the European theater.
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B.
Crusades
The Crusades were a series of medieval religious wars, primarily between Western European Christians and Muslim powers, fought over control of the Holy Land and other territories from the late 11th to the late 13th centuries.
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C.
Albigensian Crusade
The Albigensian Crusade was a 13th-century papal military campaign in southern France aimed at eradicating the Cathar heresy and consolidating both religious and royal authority in the region.
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D.
First Crusade
The First Crusade was the late 11th-century Christian military expedition to the Eastern Mediterranean that culminated in the capture of Jerusalem and the establishment of several Crusader states in the Levant.
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E.
Second Crusade
The Second Crusade was a major 12th-century Christian military campaign launched to reclaim territories in the Holy Land and Iberia, notable for its royal leadership and ultimate failure in the East.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Northern Crusades Target entity description: The Northern Crusades were a series of medieval Christian military campaigns by Catholic powers to conquer and convert pagan and Orthodox populations around the Baltic Sea.
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A.
Crusade in Europe
Crusade in Europe is Dwight D. Eisenhower’s World War II memoir recounting his leadership of Allied forces in the European theater.
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B.
Crusades
The Crusades were a series of medieval religious wars, primarily between Western European Christians and Muslim powers, fought over control of the Holy Land and other territories from the late 11th to the late 13th centuries.
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C.
Albigensian Crusade
The Albigensian Crusade was a 13th-century papal military campaign in southern France aimed at eradicating the Cathar heresy and consolidating both religious and royal authority in the region.
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D.
First Crusade
The First Crusade was the late 11th-century Christian military expedition to the Eastern Mediterranean that culminated in the capture of Jerusalem and the establishment of several Crusader states in the Levant.
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E.
Second Crusade
The Second Crusade was a major 12th-century Christian military campaign launched to reclaim territories in the Holy Land and Iberia, notable for its royal leadership and ultimate failure in the East.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crusade
ⓘ
medieval military campaign ⓘ religious war ⓘ |
| hasBelligerent |
Holy Roman Empire
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Denmark ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Denmark
Kingdom of Poland ⓘ Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ Livonian Order ⓘ Teutonic Order ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
Christianization of Livonia
ⓘ
surface form:
Christianization of the Baltic region
German colonization of the Baltic ⓘ decline of Baltic pagan cultures ⓘ expansion of the Teutonic Order state ⓘ integration of Baltic territories into Latin Christendom ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | 14th century ⓘ |
| hasKeyEvent |
Battle of Durbe
ⓘ
Battle of Lake Peipus ⓘ Battle of Saule ⓘ Danish conquest of Estonia ⓘ Northern Crusades self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Livonian Crusade
Northern Crusades self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Prussian Crusade
Crusade in the Baltic ⓘ
surface form:
Swedish crusades to Finland
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| hasMainRegion |
Baltic Sea coast region
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltic Sea region
Baltic Sea coast region ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Baltic
Northern Europe ⓘ |
| hasMotivation |
economic gain
ⓘ
political expansion ⓘ religious zeal ⓘ |
| hasOpponent |
Curonians
ⓘ
Estonians ⓘ Finnic tribes ⓘ Latvians ⓘ
surface form:
Latgalians
Lithuanians ⓘ Novgorod Republic ⓘ Old Prussians ⓘ Pskov Republic ⓘ Semigallia ⓘ
surface form:
Semigallians
|
| hasPrimaryGoal |
conversion of pagan populations
ⓘ
expansion of Latin Christendom ⓘ territorial conquest ⓘ |
| hasRelatedConflict |
Baltic wars of conquest
ⓘ
Crusades ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | late 12th century ⓘ |
| opposedReligion |
Baltic paganism
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Orthodox Christianity
|
| sanctionedBy |
Pope Celestine III
ⓘ
Pope Innocent III ⓘ papacy ⓘ |
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Subject: Northern Crusades Description of subject: The Northern Crusades were a series of medieval Christian military campaigns by Catholic powers to conquer and convert pagan and Orthodox populations around the Baltic Sea.
Referenced by (42)
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