The establishment and development of St Elizabeth's Hospital as intended by the Teutonic Order at the turn of the 15th century

Authors

  • Maciej Sadowski The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15633/fhc.1396

Keywords:

Gdańsk, Teutonic Order, St Elizabeth's Hospital, Mikołaj von Hohenstein

Abstract

The Teutonic Order exercised a dominant impact on social and religious relations in late 14th-century Gdańsk through taking initiatives in terms of new religious foundations. One such undertaking – St Elizabeth's Hospital – reveals the way in which the co-existence in the city and its monastic lords was eroding. The facts presented in the article demonstrate a crisis in the Order, which compromised itself in terms of its religious function. In the Gdańsk community this might have been one of the stimuli to take a decision to seek liberation from the rule of the Order.


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2024-05-07

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