Teutonic Knights

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Teutonic Knights Information
5,429 words, approx. 18 pages

The Teutonic Knights or Teutonic Order (Latin: Ordo domus Sanctæ Mariæ Theutonicorum Ierosolimitanorum, "Order of the German House of St. Mary in Jerusalem", German: Orden der Brüder vom Deutschen Haus St. Mariens in Jerusalem or more commonly...

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The Historian

The Teutonic knights and Baltic chivalry.
06/22/1995: 5,304 words, approx. 18 pages

The Teutonic Order was established in 1190 at the seige of Acre when it was apparent that the dominant knights Templar and knights Hospitalers failed to address the needs of German knights. The Teutonic Order decided to establish crusades against the Lithuanian pagans in...

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The Historian

Templars, Hospitallers and Teutonic Knights: Images of the Military Orders, 1128-1291. (book reviews)
09/22/1994: 514 words, approx. 2 pages

In the present, as in the medieval past, physical violence in the name of a higher cause holds a dire fascination; the rhetoric of the crusade continues both to attract and repel in a variety of global contexts. This book is a modest and...

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