While the Yorkists were advancing to the charge, there happened a great fall of snow, which, driving full in the faces of their enemies, blinded
Queen Margaret Establishes Lancaster Base in North
The Duke of York, informed of her appearance in the north, hastened thither with a body of five thousand men, to suppress, as he imagined, the
Showdown at Parliament
A parliament was summoned in the King's name, and met at Westminster, where the Duke soon after appeared from Ireland.Continuing Wars of the
Iroquois War on Montreal
Another miracle, which occurred several years later, deserves to be recorded.Previously in The Old Regime In CanadaOur special project
Last Centuries of the Teutonic Knights
Today's installment concludes The Teutonic Knights,our selection from The Military Religious Orders of the Middle Ages by Frederick C. Woodhouse
Golden Age of the Teutonic Knights
Besides large possessions in Germany, Italy, and other countries, its sovereignty extended from the Oder to the Gulf of Finland.Continuing The
Teutonic Knights Extend Their Territory in Prussia
By the year 1283 the order was in possession of all the country between the Vistula and the Memel.Continuing The Teutonic Knights,our selection
The Teutonic Knights Invade Prussia
The Emperor undertaking to secure to the order any territory that they might be able to conquer and hold in Prussia.Continuing The Teutonic
The Early Teutonic Knights During the Crusades
It would be tedious to repeat all the details of the crusades, the varying successes and defeats, in all of which the Teutonic Knights took