The Archaeology of the Prussian Crusade by Aleksander Pluskowski;

Author:Aleksander Pluskowski; [Pluskowski;, Aleksander]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781032120416
Publisher: TaylorFrancis
Published: 2022-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

Danzig (Gdańsk): a town in transition

When the Teutonic Order annexed Pomerelia in 1309, it acquired a series of existing towns which it later redeveloped. The most important of these and the former ducal capital of the region was Gdańsk, which was partially destroyed by the Order’s armies in 1308. The town quickly recovered and became the Order’s primary gateway to the trade networks of the Baltic. Gdańsk has seen decades of excavations and is extremely well known from both a historical and archaeological perspective, although much of what is standing today within the historic centre was rebuilt after the Second World War. By 2000, an area of around 40,000m 2 had been excavated in Gdańsk, focusing on the Old Town and adjacent stronghold, Granary Island, the Old Suburb and Main Town. Many archaeologists have been involved in leading these excavations; the best recent summary of Gdańsk’s history, integrating archaeological findings and historians’ debates, is Śliwiński and Możejko 2017.

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