The House of Hemp and Butter : : A History of Old Riga / / Kevin C. O'Connor.
Founded as an ecclesiastical center, trading hub, and intended capital of a feudal state, Riga was Old Livonia's greatest city and its indispensable port. Because the city was situated in what was initially remote and inhospitable territory, surrounded by pagans and coveted by regional powers l...
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O'Connor, Kevin C., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The House of Hemp and Butter : A History of Old Riga / Kevin C. O'Connor. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019] ©2019 1 online resource (342 p.) : 13 b&w halftones text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter Overview -- Dramatis Personae -- Noteworthy Places and Buildings -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. Genesis: Riga before Riga -- CHAPTER 2. Watering the Nations: Riga and the Northern Crusades -- CHAPTER 3. Free Air in the Hanse City -- CHAPTER 4. Master of Riga: The Archbishop, the Order, and the Rath -- CHAPTER 5. Old Knights and New Teachings: The Reformation in Riga -- CHAPTER 6. Upheavals: The Livonian War and the Polish Interlude -- CHAPTER 7. Star City: The Swedish Century -- CHAPTER 8. "This Accursed Place": The Great Northern War -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Founded as an ecclesiastical center, trading hub, and intended capital of a feudal state, Riga was Old Livonia's greatest city and its indispensable port. Because the city was situated in what was initially remote and inhospitable territory, surrounded by pagans and coveted by regional powers like Poland, Sweden, and Muscovy, it was also a fortress encased by a wall.The House of Hemp and Butter begins in the twelfth century with the arrival to the eastern Baltic of German priests, traders, and knights, who conquered and converted the indigenous tribes and assumed mastery over their lands. It ends in 1710 with an account of the greatest war Livonia had ever seen, one that was accompanied by mass starvation, a terrible epidemic, and a flood of nearly Biblical proportions that devastated the city and left its survivors in misery.Readers will learn about Riga's people-merchants and clerics, craftsmen and builders, porters and day laborers-about its structures and spaces, its internal conflicts and its unrelenting struggle to maintain its independence against outside threats. The House of Hemp and Butter is an indispensable guide to a quintessentially European city located in one of the continent's more remote corners. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) History. Medieval & Renaissance Studies. Soviet & East European History. Urban Studies. HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union. bisacsh Medieval history, Early Modern history, urban studies, Russian history, Baltic studies. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 9783110651980 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English 9783110610765 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 9783110664232 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE History 2019 English 9783110610178 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE History 2019 9783110606195 ZDB-23-DEG print 9781501747687 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501747700?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501747700 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501747700/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter Overview -- Dramatis Personae -- Noteworthy Places and Buildings -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. Genesis: Riga before Riga -- CHAPTER 2. Watering the Nations: Riga and the Northern Crusades -- CHAPTER 3. Free Air in the Hanse City -- CHAPTER 4. Master of Riga: The Archbishop, the Order, and the Rath -- CHAPTER 5. Old Knights and New Teachings: The Reformation in Riga -- CHAPTER 6. Upheavals: The Livonian War and the Polish Interlude -- CHAPTER 7. Star City: The Swedish Century -- CHAPTER 8. "This Accursed Place": The Great Northern War -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter Overview -- Dramatis Personae -- Noteworthy Places and Buildings -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. Genesis: Riga before Riga -- CHAPTER 2. Watering the Nations: Riga and the Northern Crusades -- CHAPTER 3. Free Air in the Hanse City -- CHAPTER 4. Master of Riga: The Archbishop, the Order, and the Rath -- CHAPTER 5. Old Knights and New Teachings: The Reformation in Riga -- CHAPTER 6. Upheavals: The Livonian War and the Polish Interlude -- CHAPTER 7. Star City: The Swedish Century -- CHAPTER 8. "This Accursed Place": The Great Northern War -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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