Peter of Dusburg

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Peter of Dusburg was a 14th-century chronicler of the Teutonic Order, best known for his Latin chronicle documenting the history and Christianization of the Prussians and neighboring Baltic peoples.

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Peter of Dusburg canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest
chronicler
historian
member of the Teutonic Order
activeIn Prussia
associatedWithPlace Prussia
State of the Teutonic Order
centuryOfActivity 14th century
chronicleSubject campaigns in the Baltic region
conversion of Prussians to Christianity
history of the Teutonic Order in Prussia
wars of the Teutonic Order against pagan Prussians
chronicleTitle Chronicon terrae Prussiae
countryOfCitizenship State of the Teutonic Order
deathCentury 14th century
fieldOfWork Christianization of the Baltic peoples
historiography
history of Prussia
history of the Teutonic Order
medieval history
genre chronicle
historicalEra High Middle Ages
Late Middle Ages
Middle Ages
knownFor Latin chronicle of the Teutonic Order
documenting the Christianization of neighboring Baltic peoples
documenting the Christianization of the Prussians
documenting the history of the Prussians
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
memberOf Teutonic Order
notableWork Chronicon terrae Prussiae
occupation chronicler
historian
priest
order Teutonic Order
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
timePeriodDescribed 13th century
early 14th century
writingForm annalistic chronicle
prose
writingLanguage Latin
wroteAbout Christianization of the Baltic region
Lithuanians
Livonians
linked to: Livonian people

Old Prussians
Samogitians

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Prussians knownFromSource Peter of Dusburg
Bartians documentedBy Peter of Dusburg
Chronicon terrae Prussiae author Peter of Dusburg