Hello and welcome to the History of the Germans, Episode 131, The Conquest of Prussia,

Part 2.

Now last week we left the action after the Taronic Knights had signed the peace of Christburg

in 1249 to put an end to the first Prussian revolt.

The local population had risen up with the help of Duke Swanto Polk of Pomeralia

who feared for the commercial success of his main city. That was the city of Gdansk or

Danzig. After seven years of war and devastation, the Pope had forced both sides to the negotiating

table and made them sign a peace agreement intended to be a long-term settlement.

It constrained the Teutonic order and gave the converted Prussian civil rights on par with

the settlers who had come from the German lands. Things should therefore be calm and peaceful

from here. But well, there weren't.

The fighting continued as the order expended further north and inland, and soon the Prussians and the

Prussians rose up again and again. But before we start, just a reminder.

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And now back to the show.

When the piece of Christburg was signed in 1249, the order had regained most of its previously

conquered territory.

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