Yet in a clash as hazardous as this he lost just one of his own men, a handsome victory which marked an auspicious beginning to his episcopal and military careers.” After a large number of horsemen on the opposing side had been routed, he laid low almost all their infantry. As soon as their invasion had been reported, Absalon, provided only with the eighteen soldiers who made up his retinue, battled against the troops from twenty-four ships, a contest as successful as it was dangerous. His first encounter with the Wends took place at the village of Boeslunde on the day before Palm Sunday. “He was a parent as much as a pontiff of his country, striking for his brilliant combination of soldiering and priesthood. Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum, XIV: 21.3-22.4
The Chronicle is 16 "books" long, each one containing different themes and elements, and stretches chronologically from before the time of Christ to Saxo's present day. The Gesta Danorum, or Deeds of the Danes, was one such chronicle written some time around 1200 for Absalon, the figure in the picture below. The docx file has been provided for the latter situation.Ĭhronicles were recorded at the request of, or as presents for, powerful individuals.
Give the following information to the students either as a slide, or added to the worksheet. Information designed for guiding the instructor in delivering the lesson will be in bold (excluding section headings). By the end of the lesson, students should understand the complexities and basic problems of grouping the Northern Crusades and its participants within the larger crusading movement. This lesson will also look at crusader mentalities through the usage of Danish iconography and wording. It is intended for teachers instructing students at the undergraduate or secondary school level with a basic knowledge of the Middle Ages and Crusades.
This project’s aim is to provide a lesson plan to teach the concepts and motivations of crusaders from the peripheries of Europe using the lens of the Danish crusaders. However, the ideology behind the crusades had complicated social, political, and cultural impacts that directed Christian aggression towards regions far from the Holy Sepulcher or the Temple Mount. The crusades of the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries have been studied for generations as a Christian war to conquer the Holy Land, and specifically Jerusalem.
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