Teutonic Order

基本解释

In 1236 this order was incorporated into the Teutonic Knights following a catastrophic military defeat.
在1236年，這個頭領在一次軍事慘敗後被日耳曼條頓騎士團降服。
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.
條頓騎士團通常以城堡和防禦工事組成的防衛網來鞏固其對一地區的征服，日耳曼條頓騎士團下的立沃尼亞教會也建造了許多石頭城堡。
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.
丹麥始終對其他國家保持中立，集中精力統一斯堪的納維亞半島，但條頓騎士團的出現，打破了波羅的海地區的勢力均衡。

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)