Medievalists.net » The Battle of Grunwald http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The two swords: using the symbol of the battle of Grunwald (1410) in the 19th and 20th century Poland http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/21/two-swords-using-symbol-battle-grunwald-1410-19th-20th-century-poland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/21/two-swords-using-symbol-battle-grunwald-1410-19th-20th-century-poland/#comments Sat, 21 Jun 2014 17:14:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50573 It would be difficult to find an event in the Polish history which imprinted more influence on common social imagination or the actions of modern Polish social and political leaders that would be comparable to the battle of Grunwald.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/21/two-swords-using-symbol-battle-grunwald-1410-19th-20th-century-poland/feed/ 0 The Battle of Tannenberg in 1410: Strategic Interests and Tactical Implementation http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/12/the-battle-of-tannenberg-in-1410-strategic-interests-and-tactical-implementation/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/12/the-battle-of-tannenberg-in-1410-strategic-interests-and-tactical-implementation/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:16:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36466 On July 15, 1410 the united Polish-Lithuanian Army destroyed the army of the Teutonic Order in the Battle of Tannenberg.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/12/the-battle-of-tannenberg-in-1410-strategic-interests-and-tactical-implementation/feed/ 0 The Turning Point in the Battle of Tannenberg (Grunwald/Žalgiris) in 1410 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/22/the-turning-point-in-the-battle-of-tannenberg-grunwaldzalgiris-in-1410/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/22/the-turning-point-in-the-battle-of-tannenberg-grunwaldzalgiris-in-1410/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:17:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33033 SVEN EKDAHL is Assistant Professor of History at Gothenburg University and Professor of Medieval History at the Polish-Scandinavian Research Institute in Copenhagen. He has published extensively on the history of the Teutonic Order in Prussia as well as treated Polish, Baltic, and Scandinavian themes.

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