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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.
繼《聖殿騎士團》之後的中世紀戰爭史詩力作 專攻波羅的海地區中世紀史與條頓騎士團的威廉.厄本教授,將利用扎實的論述與詳盡的文獻資料,為中文世界的讀者揭開條頓騎士團的神祕面紗。 它是歐洲三大騎士團中最晚成立的一支 影響力卻超過聖殿和醫院騎士團 他們外表像修士僧侶,實質上卻是軍人 他們的武器不是說教,而是戰爭與和平 條頓騎士團是歐洲三大騎士團之一,發跡於十二世紀末的第三次十字軍東征期間,有一群來自歐洲德意志地區的十字軍籌建一間醫院修會,專門提供德意志十字軍的急難救助,後來才轉...