NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies

A History of Old Riga

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NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies

A History of Old Riga

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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 peopleā€”merchants and clerics, craftsmen and builders, porters and day laborersā€”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.

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Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9781501747694
Topic
History
Subtopic
European Medieval History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Chapter Overview
  2. Dramatis Personae
  3. Noteworthy Places and Buildings
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1. Genesis: Riga before Riga
  6. Chapter 2. Watering the Nations: Riga and the Northern Crusades
  7. Chapter 3. Free Air in the Hanse City
  8. Chapter 4. Master of Riga: The Archbishop, the Order, and the Rath
  9. Chapter 5. Old Knights and New Teachings: The Reformation in Riga
  10. Chapter 6. Upheavals: The Livonian War and the Polish Interlude
  11. Chapter 7. Star City: The Swedish Century
  12. Chapter 8. ā€œThis Accursed Placeā€: The Great Northern War
  13. Epilogue
  14. Notes
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index