Wars against the Teutonic Order

by VesaAwesaka

I always found the wars by Catholic Kingdoms against Catholic Holy Orders confusing. Were any of the leaders of Poland or Lithuania excommunicated for attacking the order? Was the Pope relatively indifferent? What was the overall European reaction? This whole time period in the baltic confuses me.

WhatBaron

I cannot give you a very good answer, but I will try my best:

  1. No, there was no Lithuanian king or polish king excommunicated because of this. You have to consider the fact that the Teutonic Order launched many attacks against its neighbours after the Christianization of Lithuania. So its the order that was considered as invader.
  2. Yes, I think the pope was relatively indifferent. After the conquer of Prussia, the order had become more and more secularized and the pope slowly lost its control of it. And the pope had its own interest to concern in Italy. 3.What was the reaction of Sweden to Hundred Years' War, of Poland to Castilian Succession War, and of Scotland to Lithuania's conquer of Ruthenian Principalities? Frankly, I think there was no overall European reaction at that time. Every country had its own struggle with local power and neighbours to deal with. But actually, the Holy Roman Empeor and the Hanseatic League did react to this.