Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Hondo dzokukunda nokushandura nyika dziri kumaodzanyemba nokumabvazuva kwemahombekombe eGungwa reBaltic kubva mukupera kwezana remakore rechi12 kusvika paNguva yeVasande dzave dzichizivikanwa seBaltic kana kuti Northern Crusades. Kuedza kwavafundisi veScandinavia, veGermany, vePoland, uye veBohemia kwokutendeutsa vahedheni kuchiKristu chechiLatin kwakakundikana pamberi pezana ramakore rechigumi namaviri rapera, apo varwi vorudzidziso vaibva kuSweden, Gotland neSaxony vakakunda rutivi rukuru rweLatvia neEstonia. Hondo yeLivonian Brothers of the Sword yakapa simba rinogara riripo apo vapanduki vechiKristu vakapedza nguva yechando vari kumusha. Kukundwa paSaule muna 1236 uye paLake Peipus
muna 1242 akamisa kuwedzera kwechikwata chacho muLithuania neRussia. Kubva muna 1237, Papa Gregory IX akatanga kubatanidza Sword Brothers muTeutonic Order. Yakatangwa muPalestine sechipatara pashure pokukombwa kweAcre muma 1190, Teutonic Knights yakarongwazve sechirongwa chechiuto. Wezvenhau Robert Bartlett anorondedzera kukunda nokurongwa kwesimba muBaltic sorutivi rworwendo rwakazara nokuda kwo'kuwedzera kwechiKristudhomu chechiLatin.' Kwakaitwa kunobvira nefungidziro yechiuto chokurwisana nokuisa gadziriro yose yeChechi shure kworuzivo rwokugadzira zvinhu rwechiuto rwakakwirira zvikuru. Yakagonesa kuunganidzwa kwamauto kupfurikidza nokuparidzira kupiwa kwemibairo yomudzimu nokuda kwavarwi namagadziriro okutarisira kugadza hurumende munharaunda dzakakundwa.