The Teutonic Knights: A Military History"The Teutonic Knights were powerful and ferocious advocates of holy war. Their history is suffused with crusading, campaigning and struggle. Feared by their enemies but respected by medieval Christendom, the knights and their Order maintained a firm hold over the Baltic and northern Germany and established a formidable regime which flourished across Central Europe for 300 years." "This major new book surveys the gripping history of the knights and their Order and relates their rise to power; their struggles against Prussian pagans; the series of wars against Poland and Lithuania; the clash with Alexander Nevsky's Russia; and the gradual stagnation of the order in the fourteenth century. The book is replete with dramatic episodes - such as the battle on frozen Lake Peipus in 1242, or the disaster of Tannenberg - but focuses primarily on the year-after-year struggle to maintain power, fend off incursions and raiding bands and to launch crusades against unbelieving foes. And it was the crusade - with knights demonstrating their valour, daring and knightly worth - which chiefly characterised and breathed life into the militant, conquering Holy Order."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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Contents
The Foundation of the Teutonic Order | 9 |
War in the Holy Land | 23 |
The War against Paganism in Prussia | 41 |
Copyright | |
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Medicine in the Crusades: Warfare, Wounds and the Medieval Surgeon Piers D. Mitchell Limited preview - 2004 |
The Knights Templar: The History and Myths of the Legendary Military Order Sean Martin No preview available - 2004 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Teutonic Knights: A Military History |
| Author | William L. Urban |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Greenhill, 2003 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jun 4, 2008 |
| ISBN | 1853675350, 9781853675355 |
| Length | 290 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Ancient / General History / Europe / General |
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