The Teutonic Knights: a Military History
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Scholar William Urban uses detailed quotations and discussions to pierce the fog of modern nationalism and restore a wonderful but little-known chapter in the history of the European Middle Ages. The book combs the history of the Teutonic Knights from its rise to its decline, with dramatic situations occurring one after another, such as the Battle of the Ice Lake in 1242 and the Knights' disastrous defeat at Tannenberg. However, the focus remains on its trajectory of maintaining territorial control year after year, resisting harassment and plunder by small groups of enemies, and launching holy wars against non-Catholic enemies. The lives, creeds and actions of the German Crusaders in the Middle Ages, as well as the 500-year history of the Teutonic Knights, are vividly presented.
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