Kamfen don cin nasara da jujjuyawar ƙasashe a kudanci da gabashin gabar tekun Baltic daga ƙarshen ƙarni na 12 zuwa Gyara aka sani da Baltic ko Arewacin Crusades. Yunkurin mishan na Scandinavia, Jamus, Poland, da Bohemia na tuba na arna zuwa Kiristancin Latin ya kasa kafin ƙarshen ƙarni na sha biyu, lokacin da 'yan giciye daga Sweden, Gotland da Saxony suka ci yawancin Latvia da Estonia. Sojojin Livonian Brothers of the Sword sun ba da dindindin na dindindin yayin da 'yan giciye suka yi hunturu a gida. Rashin nasara a Saule a 1236 kuma a
Lake Peipus a cikin 1242 ya dakatar da fadada umarnin zuwa Lithuania da Rasha. Daga shekara ta 1237, Paparoma Gregory IX ya soma haɗa 'yan'uwan takobi cikin rukunin Teutonic Order. An kafa shi a Falasdinu a matsayin asibitin asibiti bayan Siege na Acre a cikin 1190s, an sake tsara Knights na Teutonic a matsayin umarni na soja. Masanin tarihi Robert Bartlett ya bayyana cin nasara da ƙungiyar iko a cikin Baltic a matsayin wani ɓangare na babban motsi don 'faɗaɗa Kiristancin Latin'. Ya yiwu ne ta hanyar akidar juyin juya halin da ke sanya dukkan kayan aikin Ikilisiya a bayan fasahar soja mafi kyau. Ya ba da damar daukar sojoji ta hanyar wa'azin bayar da lada na ruhaniya ga masu fada da kuma tsarin gudanarwa don kafa gwamnati a yankunan da aka ci nasara.