This week we look at the reasons the golden age of the Teutonic knights came to an abrupt end at the beginning of the 15th century. It is a sequence of events that involve some remarkable Polish and Lithuanian princes, the Templars, and  of course – The brothers of the house of St. Mary of the Germans in Jerusalem. Ah, and a very famous battle.Episode Website with transcript, maps and lots more: <a href="https://historyofthegermans.com/2024/01/18/tannenberg/" target="_blank">Episode 134– Tannenberg • History of the Germans Podcast</a>The music for the show is Flute Sonata in E-flat major, H.545 by Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach (or some claim it as BWV 1031 Johann Sebastian Bach) performed and arranged by <a href="https://www.windrep.org/Michel_Rondeau" target="_blank">Michel Rondeau</a> under <a href="https://imslp.org/wiki/Flute_Sonata_in_E-flat_major%2C_H.545_%28Bach%2C_Carl_Philipp_Emanuel%29" target="_blank">Common Creative Licence 3.0</a>.As always:Homepage with maps, photos, transcripts and blog: <a href="https://historyofthegermans.com/" target="_blank">www.historyofthegermans.com</a>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HOTGPod/" target="_blank">@HOTGPod </a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/germanshistory?lang=en" target="_blank">@germanshistory</a>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/history_of_the_germans/?hl=en-gb" target="_blank">history_of_the_germans</a>Reddit: u/historyofthegermansPatreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/Historyofthegermans" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/Historyofthegermans</a>Podcasts on Poland:<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010f8z" target="_blank">BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth</a><a href="https://www.wdfpodcast.com/pinyl" target="_blank">Poland Is Not Yet Lost — WDFpodcast.com</a><a href="https://historyofpoland.libsyn.com/" target="_blank">The History of Poland Podcast (libsyn.com)</a>

Ep. 134 – Tannenberg / Grunwald / Žalgiris - A battle of many names