Second Peace of Thorn
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution, Geography
- Subcategories: Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations
- Curriculum: Renaissance History, German History, Medieval History/Middle Ages, Eastern European History
- Geographical Location: Poland, Poland (Commonwealth), Prussia
- Date: 1450-1466
Article abstract: The Second Peace of Thorn brings an end to the Thirteen Years’ War between Poland and the Teutonic Knights of Prussia, expanding the territory of Poland to reach the Baltic coast.
Summary of Event
Continual tension, broken occasionally by war, had characterized the relationship of the Teutonic Order with the neighboring Polish princes from the late thirteenth century to the Peace of Kalisch (1343), when King Casimir the Great agreed that West Prussia and Culm were indeed rightful possessions of the Teutonic Order. Peace was then...
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