Editing Prussian Confederation (section)

==Background==
According to the 1411 [[Peace of Thorn (1411)|First Peace of Thorn]] which followed the Teutonic Knights' defeat in the [[Battle of Grunwald]], the Teutonic Order had to pay high reparations to the Kingdom of Poland. The monastic state imposed high taxes on the cities to raise the funds as well as to re-arm for another war against Poland. In the 1420s, Grand Master [[Paul von Rusdorf]] brought stability to the Order and its relations, but fighting with Poland resumed in 1431, when the Knights' invasion into Poland during the [[Lithuanian Civil War (1431–1435)|Lithuanian Civil War]] sparked another [[Polish–Teutonic War (1431–1435)|Polish-Teutonic conflict]].