The Teutonic Knights were a German religious order of crusaders who operated in eastern Europe in the 1000s. According to Notes From Poland, the "limestone tombstone bearing the image of a knight with ...

The Teutonic Knights were one of the great chivalric orders that emerged from the Crusades, alongside the Hospitallers and Templars, but while those other knights made their names in the Holy Land, ...

The Templars, Hospitallers, and Teutonic Knights all fought for Christendom—but their missions were completely different. One protected pilgrims and became a military elite, one built a dual system of ...

KWIDZYN, Poland — The Teutonic Knights long have been reviled in Poland, where the Germanic warriors swept in during the Middle Ages and converted pagans to Christianity at the point of a sword. Many ...

It was not the first time an attempt had been made to subjugate them. Adalbert of Prague, Bolesław IV of Poland, the Kievan Rus, and Conrad I of Masovia had tried before, but without lasting success, ...

The history of the religio-military order of the Knights Templar is compelling. Inextricably combined with other similar 12th Century chivalrous orders such as the Hospitallers and the Teutonic ...

Dan Jones has made a career out of talking about history. But this was one trip into the past that left him speechless. Partway through the first episode of History channel’s new five-part series Lost ...

According to tales of old, there’s treasure waiting to be found in Poland – great riches have supposedly been stashed in various places around the country. The Knights Templar, Peruvian freedom ...