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The Hospitaller Background of the Teutonic Order
This article examines the foundation in 1190/1191 of a German field hospital outside the walls of Acre during its siege by the Christians studied against a background of Hospitaller affairs in Jerusalem before its loss in 1187. The article relies on contemporary texts rather than the myths which rapidly appeared, while documents issued by the papal ...
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The article discusses the Teutonic Order's foundation of the Bridgettine monastery and its political connotations against the backdrop of the monastic life in 14th century Gdańsk.
Maciej Sadowski
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About the Castle of St. George
The location question of St. George's castle, erected by the Teutonic Order (and signified by Peter Dusburg 1259), isn't resolved. Until the last years, the predominating opinion, backed by the coincidence of settlement names, was that the fourteenth ...
Edvardas Gudavičius
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The results of the Thirteen Years’ War (1454–1466) did not remove the tensions between Poland and the Teutonic Order. A new conflict emerged at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries, as the Teutonic Order sought to get rid of the Polish king’s ...
Dainius Elertas
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Archaeologies of Sound: Reconstructing Louis MacNeice’s Wartime Radio Publics [PDF]
This article approaches the problem of reconstructing the culturally situated audience experience of radio programming through the example of Louis MacNeice's wartime radio broadcasts, notably "Alexander Nevsky" and "Christopher Columbus".
Ian Whittington
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On April 30, 1388, an agreement on mercenary service was concluded in Świecie on the Riv- er Vistula between Pomeranian Dukes Swantibor I and Bogislaw VII, Grand Master Konrad Zöllner von Rotenstein, and the Order.
Rafał Simiński
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The story by the Teutonic Order chronicler Peter von Dusburg about the Prussian pagan priest Criwe and his sanctuary Romowe has for centuries provoked historiographical arguments about the nature of the Baltic pagan religion and the interpretation of ...
Rasa Mažeika
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Lasset Prewssen Prewssen bleyben : pohané v Prusích pod vládou řádu německých rytířů
In 1427, the Carthusian monk Heinrich Beringer complained to the Grand Master Paul von Rusdorf that the Teutonic Knights allowed Prussians to continue worshipping the old gods. When asked about this matter, the commanders were to answer: "Let Prussian be
Adam Szweda
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Museums in former residences: castles, palaces and manor houses [PDF]
The article concerns former residences in Poland and their contemporary use as museums. The authors present the history of Polish residences, the development of museums in castles, palaces and manor houses, their spatial distribution and the relations ...
Krakowiak, Beata, Latosińska, Jolanta
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This paper deals with the history of the former Teutonic manor in Benowo (German name: Bönhof) in relation to its spatial arrangement. The first part presents the source historical messages relating to this place and an attempt is made to read them ...
Karol Czajka-Giełdon
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