THE TEUTONIC KNIGHTS STRIKE EAST: The 14th Century Crusades in Lithuania and Rus

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Explores the Medieval crusade aimed at Lithuanian pagans, when crusaders from the Holy Roman Empire, France, England, and Scotland came to Prussia to fight alongside the Teutonic Knights. What ensued was a long-drawn out, many-sided struggle, with Lithuania and Poland first becoming powerful states, then expanding into Belarus and Ukraine, where the Mongols and Tatars had long held sway. The campaign culminates with Lithuania converting to the Roman Catholic Church and the dramatic sieges of Vilnius. Includes eight pages of black and white plates, and eight pages of color plates.