ABSTRACT
The study of Eastern and Northeastern Europe’s medieval history has recently experienced an explosion of scholarly interest, especially in the English- and German-speaking world. Long gone are the days of isolation caused both by linguistic barriers and by political confrontation. Now a variety of articles and monographs discussing some aspect of the region’s history are published every year. 1 This is particularly true for the crusading movement and, to a lesser extent, for the history of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, the Knights of Dobrin and the Teutonic Order. Such a closing of the gap has been enthusiastically noted most recently by Udo Arnold, a preeminent expert on the history of the Teutonic Knights, at the twentieth meeting of the biennial Ordines Militares. Colloquia Torunensia Historica, which took place in Toruń (Poland) in September of 2019. 2
