1 Visual Sources and the Danish Crusades 1
1.1 The Development of Church Studies in Estonia, Latvia
and Scandinavia 3
1.2 Danish Historiography on the Crusades 9
1.3 Prospects of Visual Sources in the Study of Baltic Crusades 11
2 Visual Rhetoric in Denmark in the Period of the Baltic Crusades 15
2.1 The Chapel at the Christian Ruler’s Residence 22
2.2 Imitation of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre 30
2.3 Round Churches of Eskil’s Era 39
2.3.1 Archbishop Eskil and the Valleberga Church 40
2.3.2 Churches of the Hvide Clan on Zealand 43
2.3.3 Himlingøje – the King’s Church? 50
2.4 Jerusalem of the North 52
2.4.1 The Heavenly Jerusalem: Kalundborg Church 52
2.4.2 Liturgical Drama 59
2.4.3 The Holy Sepulchre in Store Heddinge 64
2.4.4 Round Churches with Strategical Positions 73
2.4.5 Churches with a Round Western Tower 81
2.5 The Theocratic Reign of the Valdemar Dynasty 86
2.6 Warriors of Christ 92
2.6.1 William of Winchester and the Danish Chivalric Culture 92
2.6.2 Visual Propaganda on the Walls 98
2.6.3 The Road to the City of God: the Gable of the Portal of the
Ribe Cathedral 104
2.7 Foothold of the Crusaders in the Baltic Sea: the Island
of Bornholm 109
2.8 Conclusion 127
3 Visual Performances of Power in Sweden 130
3.1 The Holy City in Västergötland 131
3.2 Self-Assertion of the Sverker Dynasty in Östergötland 139