Carlsberg Foundation 10: J’accuse – of murder, pillage and other heinous crimes. Continuing the story of John of Wesenberg
By Mihkel Mäesalu and Stefan Pajung Gerhard von Jork, the Master of the Livonian Branch of the Teutonic Order (1309–1322) wrote to the town of Reval (Estonian: Tallinn) about certain men who were plundering in the bishopric of Dorpat (Estonian: Tartu) and in Russian lands. He complained that these robbers base themselves in Danish Estonia,…