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112:, aimed at the glorification of the mission of the Order. The war against pagans is sacred and all knights who perish go to heaven. Peter takes no interest in domestic policy of the Order; he does not describe cities, trade, or colonization. Rather the chronicle describes minor raids and clashes with great detail. While narratives of events and battles are considered to be reliable, ethnographic data is ideologically charged. As a priest Peter tried to teach the reader. Pagan Prussians and Lithuanians are presented as a moral example. They are pious in their own way, and Christians should be ashamed of their disobedient and sinful ways. 22: 97:. The fourth volume provides a historical context of other contemporary events in the world. The chronicle has an addendum of another 20 chapters dealing with events of 1326-1330, which may also have been written by Peter of Dusburg. The chronicle is based on local monastery annals, chronicles, reports and narrations which Peter "considered reliable". Peter had access to the 108:
The chronicle contains some ethnographic data about the Old Prussians, the indigenous people conquered by the Order. It provides numerous chapters in the styles of religious visions, miracles, and
93:. The second volume narrates how the Order arrived to the Prussian land, while the third volume details wars with Old Prussians and other 55: 98: 196: 191: 186: 181: 160: 201: 89:
and consists of four volumes. The first volume gives the background of the Order and its crusades in
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Lithuania Ascending: A Pagan Empire Within East-Central Europe, 1295-1345
137:(in Lithuanian). Vol. VII. Kaunas: Spaudos Fondas. pp. 251–254. 133:
Ivinskis, Zenonas (1939). "Dusburg, Petras". In Vaclovas Biržiška (ed.).
109: 79: 54:, finished in 1326. The manuscript is the first major chronicle of the 43: 90: 74:. It is a major source for information on the Order's battles with 86: 39: 173: 42:for "The Chronicle of the Prussian Land") is a 155:. Cambridge University Press. pp. 38–40. 146: 144: 132: 20: 174: 150: 141: 66:, completed some 100 years after the 128: 126: 124: 16:1326 chronicle of the Teutonic Order 105:and witnessed some events himself. 13: 14: 218: 121: 1: 115: 85:The chronicle is written in 7: 197:14th-century books in Latin 192:State of the Teutonic Order 10: 223: 187:Chronicles about Lithuania 182:14th-century history books 135:Lietuviškoji enciklopedija 68:conquest of the crusaders 64:Grand Duchy of Lithuania 35:Chronicon terræ Prussiæ 27:Chronicon terræ Prussiæ 151:Rowell, S. C. (2004). 30: 24: 202:Chronicles in Latin 25:Cover of a copy of 31: 214: 167: 166: 148: 139: 138: 130: 52:Peter of Dusburg 48:Teutonic Knights 222: 221: 217: 216: 215: 213: 212: 211: 172: 171: 170: 163: 149: 142: 131: 122: 118: 17: 12: 11: 5: 220: 210: 209: 204: 199: 194: 189: 184: 169: 168: 161: 140: 119: 117: 114: 99:Grand Masters' 56:Teutonic Order 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 219: 208: 207:Old Prussians 205: 203: 200: 198: 195: 193: 190: 188: 185: 183: 180: 179: 177: 164: 162:0-521-45011-X 158: 154: 147: 145: 136: 129: 127: 125: 120: 113: 111: 106: 104: 100: 96: 95:Baltic tribes 92: 88: 83: 81: 77: 76:Old Prussians 73: 72:Baltic region 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 36: 28: 23: 19: 152: 134: 107: 84: 34: 33: 32: 26: 18: 110:hagiography 101:archive in 80:Lithuanians 176:Categories 116:References 103:Marienburg 70:into the 44:chronicle 29:from 1679 91:Outremer 62:and the 60:Prussia 46:of the 159:  87:Latin 50:, by 40:Latin 157:ISBN 78:and 58:in 178:: 143:^ 123:^ 82:. 165:. 38:(

Index


Latin
chronicle
Teutonic Knights
Peter of Dusburg
Teutonic Order
Prussia
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
conquest of the crusaders
Baltic region
Old Prussians
Lithuanians
Latin
Outremer
Baltic tribes
Grand Masters'
Marienburg
hagiography





ISBN
0-521-45011-X
Categories
14th-century history books
Chronicles about Lithuania
State of the Teutonic Order
14th-century books in Latin

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