{"product_id":"the-teutonic-knights","title":"The Teutonic Knights","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781789148688\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2024\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book provides a concise and incisive introduction to the Teutonic Knights, or Teutonic Order, the last of the great military orders established in the twelfth century. Evolving into a powerful religious institution, the Knights left a profound and enduring legacy. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAleksander Pluskowski traces the Order\u0026amp;#x27;s journey from a field hospital outside the walls of Acre during the Third Crusade to its remarkable rise as a major territorial ruler and power in northeastern Europe. He charts the three centuries of theocratic rule by this remarkable religious corporation and examines the Order\u0026amp;#x27;s notable accomplishments, as well as its failures. From constructing distinctive fortified convents, including the largest castle in Western Christendom as its headquarters, to the Order\u0026amp;#x27;s decline in the fifteenth century due to a devastating war with Poland-Lithuania and the secularisation of its Prussian and Livonian branches during the Reformation, \u003ci\u003eThe Teutonic Knights\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling look at a pivotal force in European history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41855621333125,"sku":"PR382867","price":51.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TIVYW82FFGI0.jpg?v=1788968583","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/the-teutonic-knights","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}