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The Northern Crusades: Second Edition by Eric Christiansen Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1998 ISBN-10: 0-14-026653-4 / 0140266534 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-026653-5 / 9780140266535 Inspired by the Pope's call for a Holy War, Scandinavian rulers and German military monks conquered and settled Finland, Estonia and Prussia, before turning on the eastern empires of Orthodox Novgorod and pagan Lithuania. These 'Northern Crusades' are less celebrated than those in the Middle East, b |