Christianization of Lithuania

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The Christianization of Lithuania was the late medieval process by which the last pagan state in Europe was converted to Christianity through a combination of political pressure, missionary activity, and military campaigns by neighboring Christian powers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christianization ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
religious conversion ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
describedAs last major Christianization in Europe ⓘ
followedBy Polish–Lithuanian union ⓘ
consolidation of Catholicism in Lithuania ⓘ
hasPart baptism of Lithuanian commoners ⓘ
baptism of Lithuanian nobility ⓘ
building of Christian churches ⓘ
destruction of pagan temples ⓘ
introduction of Christian law and customs ⓘ
influencedBy Livonian crusade ⓘ
linked to: Northern Crusades

Teutonic Order crusades ⓘ
linked to: Northern Crusades

military campaigns by neighboring Christian powers ⓘ
missionary activity ⓘ
political pressure from Poland ⓘ
political pressure from the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
languageOfMission Latin ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
location Lithuania ⓘ
Samogitia ⓘ
Vilnius ⓘ
mainProponent Jogaila ⓘ
Vytautas the Great ⓘ
opponent Livonian Order ⓘ
Teutonic Order ⓘ
precededBy Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
Christianization of Poland ⓘ
Northern Crusades ⓘ
religionIntroduced Christianity ⓘ
religionReplaced Baltic paganism ⓘ
Lithuanian paganism ⓘ
result conversion of the last pagan state in Europe ⓘ
creation of the Diocese of Vilnius ⓘ
decline of official pagan practices in Lithuania ⓘ
establishment of Catholic Church structures in Lithuania ⓘ
integration of Lithuania into Latin Christendom ⓘ
spread of Roman Catholicism in Lithuania ⓘ
strengthening of ties with the Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
significantEvent Council of Constance ⓘ
Union of Krewo ⓘ
baptism of Jogaila ⓘ
baptism of Lithuania in 1387 ⓘ
baptism of Samogitia in 1413 ⓘ
startTime late 14th century ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ

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Teutonic Order → militaryRole → Christianization of Lithuania ⓘ
Lithuanians → historicalEvent → Christianization of Lithuania ⓘ
Samogitia → historicalEvent → Christianization of Samogitia ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Lithuania
Jogaila → significantFor → Christianization of Lithuania ⓘ
Union of Krewo → resultedIn → Christianization of Lithuania ⓘ
Mindaugas → associatedWith → Christianization of Lithuania ⓘ
History of Lithuania → includesTopic → Christianization of Lithuania ⓘ
Władysław II Jagiełło → notableFor → Christianization of Lithuania ⓘ
Christianization of Lithuania → significantEvent → baptism of Jogaila ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Lithuania
Baltic paganism → historicalEvent → Christianization of Lithuania ⓘ
Diocese of Samogitia → establishedFor → Christianization of Samogitia ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Lithuania
Diocese of Samogitia → playedKeyRoleIn → Christianization of Samogitia ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Lithuania
Gediminid dynasty → notableEvent → Christianization of Lithuania ⓘ
Jadwiga of Poland → promoted → Christianization of Lithuania ⓘ
Union of Vilnius and Radom → confirmed → Christianization of Lithuania under Jogaila ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Lithuania