Publication details
Litauen und die Könige von Böhmen (von den letzten Přemysliden bis zu Karl IV.)
| Title in English | Lithuania and the Czech kings (from the last Přemyslids to Charles IV.) |
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Studia historica Brunensia |
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| Citation | |
| Web | https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/handle/11222.digilib/143191 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/SHB2019-2-1 |
| Keywords | history; the Middle Ages; kings of Bohemia; Lithuania; Teutonic Order; crusades; diplomacy |
| Description | Přemysl Otakar II was the first of the Czech Přemyslid kings to turn his attention to Lithuania. By the way, the Bishop of Chelm of the Teutonic Order Heidenreich stayed at his court, who in 1253 crowned the Lithuanian prince Mindaugas. The king enlisted the help of the Teutonic Knights against the Prussians at the turn of 1254/1255 and for the second time 1267/1268, when the eventual Christianization of Lithuania also played an important role in his eventually unsuccessful plans to establish a metropolis in Olomouc. Three times (1329, 1336/1337, 1344/1345) the knightly King John of Luxembourg marched against the Lithuanians together with the Order of the Teutonic Knights and divisions from Western Europe. Undoubtedly an interesting moment is the letter of Charles IV. to Grand Duke Algirdas of April 21, 1358, when he addressed him as the “monarch of the mundi” with an offer of baptism. |