The House of hemp and butter : a history of old Riga /
Riga was an ecclesiastical center, trading hub and intended capital of a feudal state. Beginning 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, the book foll...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca, New York :
Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | NIU series in Slavic, East ZEuopean, and Eurasian studies.
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| Summary: | Riga was an ecclesiastical center, trading hub and intended capital of a feudal state. Beginning 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, the book follows the evolution of the city to 1710 with an account of a war that was accompanied by mass starvation, epidemic, and a flood that devastated the city. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 325 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781501747687 1501747681 |