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The Prussian Tribute 1525: Poland's Greatest Triumph Over the Teutonic Order
In 1525, the Teutonic Order—the crusading state that had plagued Poland for centuries—was dissolved. Its last Grand Master, Albrecht Hohenzollern, knelt before King Zygmunt I Stary in Kraków's Market Square and swore an oath of loyalty, transforming the Order's Prussian lands into a secular duchy under Polish sovereignty. This was the Hołd Pruski, the Prussian Homage, a moment that marked the peak of Jagiellonian power and reshaped Eastern Europe. Lucas and Luna unpack how a fractious Commonwealth achieved what centuries of war could not: the neutralization of the Teutonic threat…
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