Black Cross Brand / Valley Produce Company Collage artist Maria Rivans has

Collage artist Maria Rivans has gathered hundreds of beautiful

Each plate is a vision of wonder: constellations traced across radiant skies are framed by opulent borders adorned with cherubs

there is an interesting story behind every magical beast

and their major intellectual influences

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Black Cross Brand / Valley Produce Company Collage artist Maria Rivans hasA wide ranging new history of the Baltic Crusades and their legacy Between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries, crusading armies unleashed a relentless holy war against the last pagan societies in northern Europe, particularly in the Baltic Sea region. Led by Catholic rulers, churchmen, and, most importantly of all, the warrior monks of the Teutonic Order, they sought to expand Christendom through conquest and conversion. In the process they forged a