Publication details
Zbytečná diplomatická mise? Poselstvo velmistra řádu německých rytířů na podzim 1414 v Praze
| Title in English | A futile diplomatic mission? The legation of the Grandmaster of the Order of the Teutonic Knights in Prague in the autumn of 1414 |
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| Year of publication | 2020 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Pro pana profesora Libora Jana k životnímu jubileu |
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| Keywords | legation; Order of the Teutonic Knights; court of Wenceslaus IV; Polish-Lithuanian Union; prosopography |
| Description | This study analyses the legation of Grandmaster Michal Küchmeister at the court of Wenceslaus IV (late September/October 1414). The Grandmasters’ archive (now the Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin) contains the original report on this legation (XX. HA, OBA, no. 2147). The report, written by the jurist and Warmian canon Kaspar Schuwenpflug, and the Prussian knight from the Land of Chełmno, Jan of Orsichau, is analysed from the perspective of the history of diplomatics in the Late Middle Ages, prosopography and the conflict between the Order of the Teutonic Knights and the Polish-Lithuanian Union. |