Medievalists.net » Wends http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Gesta Danorum and the Wendish Crusade http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/22/gesta-danorum-wendish-crusade/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/22/gesta-danorum-wendish-crusade/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2014 17:02:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49118 The Wendish Crusade from 1147 marks the beginning of 'Holy Wars' fought against the Balto-Slavic and Finno-Ugric populations from the Baltic See.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/22/gesta-danorum-wendish-crusade/feed/ 0 The Wendish Crusade of 1147 http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/17/the-wendish-crusade-of-1147/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/17/the-wendish-crusade-of-1147/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:14:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39266 The so-called Wendish Crusade of 1147 was actually part of the Second Crusade of the same time period. It was fought on German soil, largely by Saxon Germans (some Danes as well) against the pagan tribes of Wends

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/17/the-wendish-crusade-of-1147/feed/ 0 Rex Vandalorum – The Debates on Wends and Vandals in Swedish Humanism as an Indicator for Early Modern Patterns of Ethnic Perception http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/07/rex-vandalorum-%e2%80%93-the-debates-on-wends-and-vandals-in-swedish-humanism-as-an-indicator-for-early-modern-patterns-of-ethnic-perception/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/07/rex-vandalorum-%e2%80%93-the-debates-on-wends-and-vandals-in-swedish-humanism-as-an-indicator-for-early-modern-patterns-of-ethnic-perception/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:27:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=27767 The German word Wenden is documented as a synonym for Slavs since
the 6th century A.D.. Medieval authors also used Wandali instead of Wenden/Slavs

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