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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Statements (46)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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