Teutonic+Knights

**Teutonic Knights**


The Teutonic knights were small but powerful. They had the biggest castle in Europe! The Teutonic knights also were powerful because they took over the Lithuanians and the Prussians. The Prussians sluggishly lost the battle so one by one they all surrendered. An other way they were powerful was that they were a group of knights called the third great order of knights. A reason for some of these actions were that they were dedicated to their god(s). They fought all of Russia just because they had Christianity. Teutonic knights started as nurses and pilgrims. These knights were so strong that Poland and Lithuania had to join together to take out the Teutonic knights and it ended there.

Works Cited
 * “Baltic Countries.” The Middle Ages; An Encyclopedia for Students. Ed. William Chester Jordan. Vol. 1. New York: Charles Scribner’s Son, 1996. 63. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 12 Mar. 2010.
 * “Knights, Order of.” The Middle Ages; An Encyclopedia for Students. Ed. William Chester Jordan. Vol. 3. New York: Charles Scribner’s Son, 1996. 69-70. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 12 Mar. 2010.
 * Leszczyiski, Janusz. “Teutonic Knights.” Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Foundation, 17 Aug. 2006. Web. 9 Apr. 2010. .

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