Teutonic Order

基本解释

In 1236 this order was incorporated into the Teutonic Knights following a catastrophic military defeat.
在1236年，这个头领在一次军事惨败后被日耳曼条顿骑士团降服。
The knights had always consolidated their conquests through networks of castles and fortified places, and the Livonian Chapter of the Teutonic Order built castles of stone.
条顿骑士团通常以城堡和防御工事组成的防卫网来巩固其对一地区的征服，日耳曼条顿骑士团下的立沃尼亚教会也建造了许多石头城堡。
Denmark stands neutral to all nations at this time, as they focus on unifying Scandinavia under one flag . However, the Teutonic Order now threatens the balance of power in the Baltic Sea.
丹麦始终对其他国家保持中立，集中精力统一斯堪的纳维亚半岛，但条顿骑士团的出现，打破了波罗的海地区的势力均衡。

It was obvious that the continent as a whole was slipping back into recession (to say nothing of the periphery countries suffering deflation of their economies) but the ECB has this Teutonic insistence upon raising interest rates in order to squeeze inflation out of the system.
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a military and religious order of German knights, priests, and serving brothers founded about 1190 during the Third Crusade, later conquering large parts of the Baltic provinces and Russia 1190 (Also called Teutonic Knights)