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According to historical register, majority of early Baltic Crusaders in the 12th Century were well-armed. During the 13th and 14th, mounted troops were raised from amongst the aristocracies of the crusading nations, but foot soldiers formed the core of armies raised by the ledung system. Each ''[[Hundred (county division)|hundare]]'' district should have been able to muster up 100 men and four ships and formed a part of a larger region called ''[[Svealand Swedish|svealand]]'', the core of [[Sweden|Swedish Kingdom]] and able to muster as 2200 warriors. The vessel, called ''snäcka,'' was a technologicall descendentdescendant of the [[Viking ships|Viking age warship]]. Ledung allows organizing an army to campaign outside its territory, useful for Baltic crusading.<ref name=":0" />