ISBN: | 9781853675355 |
Publisher: | Greenhill Books |
Published: | 8 February, 2003 |
Format: | Hardcover |
Language: | English |
Links | Australian Libraries (Trove) |
Editions: |
4 other editions
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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 launch crusades against unbelieving foes.
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