在一个被称为“剑之兄弟”的军事头领的领导之下，最初以武力使那些信奉异教的立沃尼亚人(分布在现在波罗的海沿岸的拉脱维亚和爱沙尼亚)皈依了基督教。
The original forced conversion of pagan Livonia, what is now the Baltic states of Latvia and Estonia, was carried out by a military order known as the Brethren of the Sword.
条顿骑士团通常以城堡和防御工事组成的防卫网来巩固其对一地区的征服，日耳曼条顿骑士团下的立沃尼亚教会也建造了许多石头城堡。
The knights had always consolidated their conquests through networks of castles and fortified places, and the Livonian Chapter of the Teutonic Order built castles of stone.
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