The Battle of Saule, 1236 AD ⚔️ | Destruction of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword

As the Northern Crusades were picking up steam, the Livonian Brothers of the Sword made serious inroads in conquering the Baltic lands. On their way back during a crusade, they camped nearby a river in the woodlands and marshes of Livonia. The subsequent battle changed the dynamics in the Baltics forever.

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0:00 Introduction
0:35 The Northern Crusades
8:46 The Battle of Saule, 1236

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Sources:

Christiansen, Eric. The northern crusades. Vol. 927. Penguin UK, 1997.
Fonnesberg-Schmidt, Iben. The Popes and the Baltic Crusades: 1147-1254. Vol. 26. Brill, 2007.
Murray, Alan V. "The Sword Brothers at War: Observations on the military Activity of the Knighthood of Christ in the Conquest of Livonia and Estonia (1203-1227)." Ordines Militares: Yearbook for the Study of the Military Orders 18 (2013): 27-37.

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