Christianization of Livonia

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The Christianization of Livonia was the medieval process, led largely by German crusaders and clergy, of converting the pagan peoples of the eastern Baltic region (modern Latvia and Estonia) to Christianity and incorporating their lands into the Latin Christian world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christianization
historical process
part of the Northern Crusades
authorizedBy Pope Innocent III
papal crusading bulls
papal legates
characterizedBy building of churches and cathedrals
forced conversion
foundation of monasteries
military conquest
missionary preaching
documentedIn Chronicle of Henry of Livonia
linked to: Chronicon

Livonian Rhymed Chronicle
hasEndTime 13th century
c. 1230s
hasLanguageOfMission Latin
Middle Low German
hasLocation Livonia
eastern Baltic region
modern Estonia
modern Latvia
hasPart Livonian Crusade
linked to: Northern Crusades

conquest of Riga
conquest of Saaremaa
conquest of Turaida
conversion of the Estonian counties
foundation of the Archbishopric of Riga
foundation of the Bishopric of Courland
foundation of the Bishopric of Dorpat
foundation of the Bishopric of Riga
foundation of the Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek
hasStartTime c. 1180s
late 12th century
ledBy Bishop Albert of Riga
Cistercian missionaries
German clergy
German crusaders
Livonian Brothers of the Sword
linked to: Livonian Order

Order of the Brothers of the Sword
linked to: Teutonic Order

Teutonic Order
opposedBy Curonians
Estonians
Letts
Livonians
linked to: Livonian people

Oeselians
Semigallians
linked to: Semigallia
partOf Baltic Crusades
expansion of Western Christendom
religionIntroduced Latin Christianity
Roman Catholicism
replacedReligion Baltic paganism
Finnic paganism
resultedIn German political dominance in Livonia
church landownership in Livonia
creation of Terra Mariana
establishment of feudal structures
formation of the Livonian Confederation
integration into the Latin Christian world

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Albert of Riga notableWork Christianization of Livonia
subject linked to: Bishop Albert of Riga
Northern Crusades hasConsequence Christianization of the Baltic region
linked to: Christianization of Livonia
Yuryev associatedWith Christianization of the Baltic region
linked to: Christianization of Livonia
History of Estonia includesEvent Christianization of Estonia
linked to: Christianization of Livonia
History of Latvia includesEvent Christianization of the Baltic peoples
linked to: Christianization of Livonia
Baltic paganism suppressedBy Christianization of the Baltic region
linked to: Christianization of Livonia
Baltic paganism historicalEvent Christianization of Latvia
linked to: Christianization of Livonia
Battle of Saule partOf Christianization of the Baltic
linked to: Christianization of Livonia
Bishopric of Riga roleInHistory Christianization of the Baltic peoples
linked to: Christianization of Livonia
Bishop Albert notableFor Christianization of the Baltic region
linked to: Christianization of Livonia
Lindanise battle relatedTo Christianization of Estonia
linked to: Christianization of Livonia
Curonians declineCause Christianization of the Baltic region
linked to: Christianization of Livonia
Medieval Livonia influencedBy Christianization of the Baltic
linked to: Christianization of Livonia
Battle of Durbe relatedTo Christianization of the Baltic
linked to: Christianization of Livonia
Peter of Dusburg fieldOfWork Christianization of the Baltic peoples
linked to: Christianization of Livonia
Tarbatu associatedWithReligion Christianization of Livonia
Baltic peoples underwentProcess Christianization of the Baltic peoples
linked to: Christianization of Livonia
Prussian uprisings partOf Christianization of the Baltic
linked to: Christianization of Livonia
History of the Baltic states includesEvent Christianization of the Baltic peoples
linked to: Christianization of Livonia