The two groups of German "crusaders” that …
Years: 1230 - 1230
The two groups of German "crusaders” that set forth, under papal approval, to Christianize the pagan Balts (very often by sending them to their deaths), have largely succeeded by 1230.
The Teutonic Knights now fully occupy the valley of the lower Vistula, courtesy of the Polish princes.
The Knights of the Sword occupy the valley of the lower Dvina River.
Locations
People
Groups
- Polytheism (“paganism”)
- Prussians, Old, or Baltic (Western Balts)
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Holy Roman Empire
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Mazovia, Duchy of
- Poland during the period of fragmentation, Kingdom of
- Teutonic Knights of Acre (House of the Hospitalers of Saint Mary of the Teutons in Jerusalem)
Topics
- Crusades, The
- Ostsiedlung (German: Settlement in the East), a.k.a. German eastward expansion
- Northern Crusades, or Baltic Crusades
