Mel Gibson developing show about how Christians fought off Muslim invaders.
(www.thegatewaypundit.com)
LET'S GOOoOoooo!!!
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The Grand Duchy was the largest state in Europe. It stretched from the Baltic to the Black Sea. It was also the last pagan stronghold in Europe. The Teutonic Knights were created to combat them. These are called the Northern Crusades.
This ties in to u/Maui_Boy post about John III Sobieski. He briefly reformed the Grand Duchy.
This also ties into what is happening in Ukraine. Or will when Ukraine is ultimately dismantled. I have mentioned before here I think Poland and Lithuania have designs on a new Grand Duchy.
I have a couple of books somewhere, although it's been a decade or so since I last read them. One is this: https://www.amazon.com/Northern-Crusades-Second-Eric-Christiansen/dp/0140266534
Would you recommend anything?
When it comes to that eastern slave trade, a Finn, Jukka Korpela, recently wrote a pretty good book about it, but it's available only in Finnish.
Although the more thorough - and expensive - academic version is in English.
https://www.amazon.com/Karelians-European-9001600-Studies-Slavery/dp/9004447199