Hello and welcome to the History of the Germans, Episode 133, the Order of the Order.

In the century that followed the last of the Prussian and Livonian uprisings,

the states of the Trutonic Order in the Baltic experienced a period of economic growth,

an internal and external stability that is almost unique in the Baltic experienced a period of economic growth and internal and external

stability that is almost unique in the chaotic 14th century.

How was it possible that a religious order became an astute manager of its estates, a de facto

member, if not by its own claim, head of the Hanseatic League, and the organizer of the greatest chivalric adventure holidays

for Europe's aristocracy. That is what we try to find out in this episode. But, as you know,

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When the embers of the last burned-down Prussian village had cooled off in

1283, a new society was emerging in Prussia.

By the end of the next century, the population of Prussia, according to Jürgen-Sanovsky,

was comprised of about 140,000 old Prussgen Sandowski, was comprised of about 140,000

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