The Life And Campaigns Of The Teutonic Knights. A Riveting Read From “Once I Was A Clever Boy”.

The Teutonic Knights’ Marienburg Castle,

Malbork, Poland.

Photo: 4 August 2004.

Source: Own work.

Transferred from German Wikipedia.

Uploaded there by user: Stegh

Author: Thomas Stegh

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Coat-of-Arms of The Teutonic Order.

Photo: 22 August 2016.

Source: Own work.

Author: Nomadic1

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This Article is taken from, and can be read in full at,
ONCE I WAS A CLEVER BOY

Another U.S.-based site on Mediæval armour is “Teutonic Penguin”. It is the creation of Samuel from Wisconsin and is, as the first part of the title implies, concerned with The Life and Campaigns of The Teutonic Knights.

The main time frame appears to be the 13th- and 14th-Centuries. I am not sure why he self- identifies as a Penguin, unless it is a reference to the Black and White colours of The Order.

Although The Knights were based in Prussia and Livonia, and drawn from the German-speaking Lands of The Holy Roman Empire, they also attracted visiting Knights from elsewhere. In the 14th- and 15th-Centuries, Englishmen went out to join in a Campaigning Season, most notably the future King Henry IV.

Once again, this is an informative and engaging set of videos. Ideal to complement reading Eric Christiansen’s “The Northern Crusades” - a masterly study of the topic.

Zephyrinus urges all Readers to pop over to ONCE I WAS A CLEVER BOY and be thoroughly entertained and enlightened.