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The Teutonic Knights were German crusaders who sought to convert the pagan Baltic and Prussian people. However, the knights attacked catholic Lithuania and Poland. Why did the knights attack their fellow Catholics and what was the Pope's and the kings of Europe thoughts about this?

by /u/Anathoth1994 in /r/AskHistorians

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