Baltic connections : : archival guide to the maritime relations of the countries around the Baltic Sea (including the Netherlands) 1450-1800 / / edited by Lennart Bes, Edda Frankot and Hanno Brand.

• TeilnehmendeR: Bes, Lennart.; Brand, Hanno.; Frankot, Edda.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2007.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: The Northern World 36.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (2408 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In the late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, Northern Europe was a crucible of political, maritime and economic activity. Ships from ports all around the Baltic Sea as well as from the Low Countries plied the Baltic waters, triggering market integration, migration flows, nautical innovations and the dissemination of cultural values. This archival guide is an essential research tool for scholars studying these Baltic connections, providing descriptions of almost 1000 archival collections concerning trade, shipping, merchants, commodities, diplomacy, finances and migration in the years 1450-1800. These rich and varied sources kept at more than 100 repositories in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia and Sweden are herewith collected for the first time.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Materials / L. Bes , E. Frankot and H. Brand -- Baltic Connections: Changing Patterns in Seaborne Trade, C. 1450–1800 / Hanno Brand -- Denmark / Erik Gøbel and Ulrich Flaskager Hansen -- Estonia / Kersti Lust , Enn Küng , Juhan Kreem and Janet Laidla -- Finland / Juhani Piilonen -- Germany / Tatjana Niemsch and Various Authors -- Index / L. Bes , E. Frankot and H. Brand -- Preliminary Materials / L. Bes , E. Frankot and H. Brand -- Latvia / Kārlis Zvirgzdiņš -- Lithuania / Rima Ciceniene , Rasa Narbutaite , Leokadija Olechnovic Daiva Lukšaitè and Alfonsas Tamulynas -- The Netherlands / Edda Frankot and Hanno Brand -- Index / L. Bes , E. Frankot and H. Brand -- Preliminary Materials / L. Bes , E. Frankot and H. Brand -- Poland / Stanis Aw Flis , Dariusz Ganczar , Micha Kulecki , Pawe Pi At , Jaros Aw Zawadzki , Anna Òazarek , Romualda Piotrkiewicz , Monika Proniewicz and Wies Szczuczko -- Russia / Kersti Lust and Tatjana Shor -- Sweden / Örjan Romefors , Jan Dahlström , Tryggve Siltberg , Bo Elthammar and Peeter Mark -- Index / L. Bes , E. Frankot and H. Brand.