Tag Archives: Feudalism
The Medieval Riga
Riga was founded in 1201. when Bishop Albert settled there. Before him there was native villages inhabited by Livonians and Latgallians. And there were a settlement by German Merchants who chose this place as their trading base. Bishop Albert chose … Continue reading
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The Confederation of Livonia
After last native resistance was quelled the Crusades ended. Latvian land along with Estonia was divided between conquerors. Outcome of the Crusades was the Confederation of Livonia or the Land of Saint Mary (Terra Mariana) as it was officially called. … Continue reading
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The beginning of Feudal order in Latvia
Almost in all historical literature the civil order in Medieval Europe is called Feudalism. There was many ways to describe this concept. Marxist historians described Feudalism as social order which changed the order of slavedom common in Roman Empire and … Continue reading
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Early Latvian statehood and civil order before the Crusades
There was and there is right now a discussion going on about the question of early Latvian statehood’s. The nationalists insist that there were real Latvian kingdoms with kings and castles. The skeptics see this as much as fantasy and … Continue reading
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