CHRISTIANITY and WAR in MEDIEVAL EAST CENTRAL EUROPE and SCANDINAVIA Ii

CHRISTIANITY AND WAR IN MEDIEVAL EAST CENTRAL EUROPE AND SCANDINAVIA ii

Beyond Medieval Europe Editorial Board Kurt Villads Jensen, Stockholms Universitet, Stockholm Balázs Nagy, Central European University, Budapest Leonora Neville, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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CHRISTIANITY AND WAR IN MEDIEVAL EAST CENTRAL EUROPE AND SCANDINAVIA

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Cover illustration: The Battle of Legnica 1241: The Beheading of Duke Henry II the Pious and His Soul Carried by Angels to Heaven, Lubin Codex, Vita S. Hedvigis, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, MS Ludwig XI 7 (83.MN.126), fol. 11v, Silesia, 1353; tempera, coloured washes, and ink on parchment. (Digital image courtesy of the Getty’s Open Content Program.)

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