...the margraves divert a contingent of crusaders…
August 1147 CE
...the margraves divert a contingent of crusaders to attack central Pomerania instead.
The countryside of Mecklenburg and central Pomerania is plundered and depopulated with much bloodshed, especially by the troops of Henry the Lion.
Of Henry's campaigns, Helmold of Bosau writes that "there was no mention of Christianity, but only of money".
The Slavic inhabitants have also lost much of their methods of production, limiting their resistance in the future.
The crusaders reach the already Christian city Stettin, whereupon the crusaders disperse after meeting with Pomerania’s Bishop Adalbert and Christian duke Ratibor I.
People
Groups
Polytheism (“paganism”)
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Polabian Slavs (West Slavs)
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Wends, or Sorbs (West Slavs)
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Obotrites (Slavic tribal confederation)
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Denmark, Kingdom of
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Danes (Scandinavians)
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Saxony, Duchy of
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Holstein, County of
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Hamburg, Archbishopric of, and Bremen, Bishopric of
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German, or Ottonian (Roman) Empire
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Magdeburg, Archbishopric of
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Christians, Roman Catholic
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Welf, House of
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Pomerania, Polish Duchy of
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Poland during the period of fragmentation, Kingdom of
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