Baltic Crusade 1147
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- Baltic Crusade
- why?
- Bernard wanted high profile leaders
- boost numbers
- prestige increase
- persuade Conrad to crusade
- make his lands safe
- Wends attacking his land
- make peace in Holy roman empire
- persuade Conrad's rivals to crusade
- Welf of Bavaria
- make his lands safe
- Saxon distraction
- persuade Conrad to crusade
- make his lands safe
- Wends attacking his land
- make peace in Holy roman empire
- persuade Conrad's rivals to crusade
- Welf of Bavaria
- make his lands safe
- occupy them by crusading against Wends
- leave Conrad's lands
- persuade Conrad to crusade
- religiously just
- instructed Saxons to wage a war of conversion
- pagan slavs= converted or killed
- no treaties
- Bernard wanted high profile leaders
- participants
- Rukers of Holstein and Saxony
- spread Saxon control
- control pagan Wends
- united and successful raids
- under crusade
- spread Saxon control
- King of Denmark
- secure Southern border
- unite nobles
- fix civil war
- Saxon clergy
- extend missionary work
- convert Pagan Wends to Christian
- extend missionary work
- Rukers of Holstein and Saxony
- why?
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