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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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
Series: | NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (342 p.) :; 13 b&w halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- 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