Baltic Ambitions: The Diplomatic Role of the Teutonic Order in the Conflict between Emperor Frederick II, and the Papacy, 1220-1250

Abstract

An examination of the way in which the Teutonic Order was able to navigate the conflict between Emperor Frederick II and the Papacy in such a way that allowed them to secure the benefits and privileges which allowed them to establish an 'Ordensland' in the state of Prussia during the first half of the thirteenth century.