ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the political and diplomatic history of the Teutonic Order in Italy from the second excommunication of Fredrick II in 1239 to the submission of the Italian bailiwicks to the master of Germany in the 1360s. This era was influenced by two main issues, examined in separate sections: the end and the aftermath of the rule of Frederick II and the loss of Acre in 1291 and its consequences. After 1291, the Teutonic Order enjoyed a great popularity in Italy and received many new properties and incomes. At the same time, the Order's headquarters moved to Venice. Subsequently, the situation changed drastically with the departure of the papal curia for Avignon and the movement of the Order's grand master to Prussia, with first signs of trouble and disorder in Italian bailiwicks.
