Livonian Brothers of the Sword
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title:
Livonian Brothers of the Sword
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The Livonian Brothers of the Sword was a Catholic military order established in 1202 during the Livonian Crusade by Albert, the third bishop of Riga. Pope Innocent III sanctioned the establishment in 1204 for the second time. The membership of the crusading order comprised warrior monks, mostly from northern Germany, who fought Baltic and Finnic polytheists in the area of modern-day Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Alternative names of the Order include Christ Knights, Swordbrothers, Sword Brethre
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Catholic military order (1204–1237)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livonian_Brothers_of_the_Sword
date created:
2003-01-02T02:53:04Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T18:55:40Z
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