History of the Crusades

the Crusades Episode 204. Episode 243, the Baltic Crusades, the Boltic Crusades, the Lubonian Crusade Part 35, crisis.

Hello again.

Last week we saw the Teutonic order in Lovonia fail repeatedly in their efforts to subdue the Samagizians. We saw the Samagalyans decide to revert to

paganism and we saw the Teutonic order in Lovonia combine forces with their brothers in Prussia to attempt to put an end to paganism in the region once and for all a move which backfired spectacularly at the Battle of Durbin.

Now the Battle of Durbin took place in July 1260 and it's difficult to overstate the negative

consequences for the order which arose from the battle. Around 150 Teutonic Knights had been killed in the battle,

including the swashbuckling master of the Order in Livonia, Master Burkhart.

Thousands of Christian fighters from across the region who had pledged to fight alongside the Teutonic Order in its war against the Samagizians also lay dead.

The effects of the battle were felt almost immediately. The Teutonic Order in Livonia found itself leaderless, depleted of members and unable

to call upon the Prussian chapter of the order for assistance

since they were reeling from their own losses.

A temporary commander was put in place in Livonia, a man called George, and George quickly

found himself facing a number of serious problems. Just as the confidence and morale of the order had plummeted to depths

never before seen, the confidence and morale of the pagan factions and anti-Christian proponents in the land

corridor between Livonia and Prussia sword. The first general uprising which took place was in

Kurland. Fighters from Kurland who had fought alongside their Latin Christian allies suddenly turned on them with breathtaking brutality.

The commander of the castle at Goldigan, along with a small contingent of Teutonic Knights,

were set upon by the Curze, and died horrible deaths, some of them being roasted alive.

Equally brutal reprisals by the Teutonic Order against the rebelling curs took place, with the order sending an army into

curland and marching to a stronghold which was in curland but under the control

of the Samagetsians. The stronghold was surrounded by ditches, so the

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