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Prussian Crusades 1222–1274 The Prussian Crusades were a series of 13th-century campaigns of Catholic crusaders, primarily led by the Teutonic Knights, to Christianize the pagan Old Prussians. These include the Crusade of 1222–1223, the First Prussian Uprising of 1242–1249, and the Great Prussian Uprising of 1260–1274. [313] [314] [315]
The German princes of the Holy Roman Empire were distracted by the imperial succession, and few seasonal (summer) crusaders came to the assistance of the Prussian Brothers; the first reinforcements were defeated at Pokarwis in 1261. The Order had most of its Prussian castles destroyed during the early 1260s.
The Crusades: A Chronology, covering 1096–1444, in The Crusades—An Encyclopedia, edited by Alan V. Murray. [7] Important Dates and Events, 1049–1571, in History of the Crusades, Volume III, edited by Kenneth M. Setton (1975). [8] Historical Dictionary of the Crusades, by Corliss K. Slack. Chronology from 1009–1330. [9]
Pages in category "Prussian Crusade" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Prussian Crusade (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "13th-century crusades" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.The best known of these military expeditions are those to the Holy Land between 1095 and 1291 that had the objective of reconquering Jerusalem and its surrounding area from Muslim rule after the region had been conquered by the Rashidun Caliphate ...
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' Chronicle of the Prussian Land ') is a chronicle of the Teutonic Knights, by Peter of Dusburg, finished in 1326. [1] The manuscript is the first major chronicle of the Teutonic Order in Prussia and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , completed some 100 years after the conquest of the crusaders into the Baltic region .