[The Teutonic Knights 01] • Teutonic Knights by Urban, William -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface Introduction 1 - The Military Orders

Missionaries and Armed Missions Lessons of the Early Crusades Other Crusades

2 - The Foundation of the Teutonic Order

The Third Crusade The Foundation Era 1190-8 Laws and Customs Officers Religious Life Warrior Monks

3 - War in the Holy Land

The Holy Land Hermann von Salza The Holy Land

4 - The Transylvanian Experiment

Defending Hungary against Pagan Attack The Mongol Storm blows in from the East The Mongol Impact on East Central Europe Conflict between the Pope and the Emperor

5 - The War against Paganism in Prussia

Pagan Prussia Prussian Disunity Prussian Military Traditions Efforts to bring Christianity to Prussia The Teutonic Knights enter Prussia William of Modena Hermann Balk Pagan and Orthodox Enemies War along the Frontier The Third Prussian Insurrection 1275-83 Problems in Poland and Pomerellia Guerrilla Warfare The End of the Crusade in Prussia

6 - The Crusade in Livonia

Paganism and Orthodoxy Missionaries and Crusaders The End of the Swordbrothers Lithuania The Teutonic Knights Conflict with Novgorod The Battle on the Ice Dorpat and Novgorod Native Life at the End of the Thirteenth Century

7 - Territorial Rivalries with Poland

Pomerellia and Danzig The Unification of Poland Pomerellia Up for Grabs The Teutonic Knights take Danzig and Pomerellia King Ladislas of Poland King Ladislas and the Pagans Wars on Several Fronts John of Bohemia joins the Conflict Papal Intervention Victory in Livonia War with Ladislas Werner’s Assassination Luther von Braunschweig The Battle of Plowce, 1331 Peace Talks Samogitian Operations More Papal Investigations Peace with King Casimir The Cult of Chivalry in Prussia The Age of Chivalry Chivalry in Prussian Literature Lady Mary Castles and Chivalry Chivalry and the Decorative Arts Periodisation of Art and Architecture Coinage an Expression of Chivalry The Decline of Chivalry The International Crusade International Popularity

8 - The Lithuanian Challenge

Lithuanian Expansion Crusader Efforts to Revitalise Holy War Vytenis of Lithuania Karl von Trier targets Samogitia for attack Brutal Warfare Principles of Frontier Warfare The Death of King Vytenis Western Crusaders Arrive Prince Gediminas The Crusader Response Hopes of Lithuanian Conversion

9 - The Conversion of Lithuania

The Feud Among the Lithuanian Dukes Lithuania Becomes a Christian State Civil War in Lithuania More Civil War in Lithuania The Tatar Complication Crusader Sieges of Vilnius Peace

10 - The Battle of Tannenberg

Background The Changing Balance of Power Political Manoeuvring The Raising of Armies The Invasion of Prussia The Combat

11 - The Long Decline and the End in the Baltic

The Aftermath of Tannenberg Heinrich von Plauen Significance of the Battle of Tannenberg A Century of Decline The Thirteen Years’ War The War The Second Peace of Thorn 1466 Dissolution and Rebirth

12 - The End in Livonia

The Turkish Wars

13 - Summary Appendices Bibliography Index