Medievalists.net » Estonia http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Environmental Crusading: The Teutonic Knight’s Impact After the Baltic Crusades http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/12/environmental-crusading-the-teutonic-knights-impact-after-the-baltic-crusades/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/12/environmental-crusading-the-teutonic-knights-impact-after-the-baltic-crusades/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2015 22:44:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56803 Environmental archaeologist and Professor of Archeology at Reading, Dr. Aleks Pluskowski, examined Malbork and several other sites across Eastern and Northern Europe in his recent paper, The Ecology of Crusading: The Environmental Impact of Holy War, Colonisation, and Religious Conversion in the Medieval Baltic. Pluskowski is keenly interested in the impact the Teutonic Knights and Christian colonisation had on the region. His ambitious 4 year project on the ecological changes in this area recently came to a close at the end of 2014.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/12/environmental-crusading-the-teutonic-knights-impact-after-the-baltic-crusades/feed/ 0 To Be or Not to Be… a Christian: Some New Perspectives on Understanding the Christianisation of Estonia http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/31/christian-new-perspectives-understanding-christianisation-estonia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/31/christian-new-perspectives-understanding-christianisation-estonia/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:41:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51507 The Christianisation of Estonia has been a subject of extensive research already for a couple of centuries. Archaeologists generally agree that some elements of Christian religion were present in Estonia already prior to official Christianisation at the beginning of the 13th century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/31/christian-new-perspectives-understanding-christianisation-estonia/feed/ 0 Estonian small towns in the Middle Ages: archaeology and the history of urban defense http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/03/estonian-small-towns-middle-ages-archaeology-history-urban-defense/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/03/estonian-small-towns-middle-ages-archaeology-history-urban-defense/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2014 13:39:12 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50094 The purpose of the current article is to summarize the material gathered from the excavations of the medieval town walls from the Estonian towns of Viljandi, Haapsalu, and Narva, to discuss when they were erected, and to analyze what their place was in Old Livonian and Baltic contexts.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/03/estonian-small-towns-middle-ages-archaeology-history-urban-defense/feed/ 0 The Richest Bachelor in Late Medieval Reval http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/21/the-richest-bachelor-in-late-medieval-reval/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/21/the-richest-bachelor-in-late-medieval-reval/#comments Sat, 21 Dec 2013 15:01:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45955 When Hans Bouwer had his last will and testament composed on 9 April 1519, he bequeathed approximately 7000 Rigan marks to different institutions and individuals.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/21/the-richest-bachelor-in-late-medieval-reval/feed/ 0 Scandinavian late Viking Age art styles as a part of the visual display of warriors in 11th-century Estonia http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/24/scandinavian-late-viking-age-art-styles-as-a-part-of-the-visual-display-of-warriors-in-11th-century-estonia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/24/scandinavian-late-viking-age-art-styles-as-a-part-of-the-visual-display-of-warriors-in-11th-century-estonia/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:17:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39415 Artefacts decorated in Scandinavian Late Viking Age art styles have been known for a long time in the Estonian archaeological material, and were first published as early as 1914 by Max Ebert; a more comprehensive overview was given in 1929 by Birger Nerman. The finds include silver-plated and sometimes partially gilded weapons, as well as belt and scabbard fittings, plaques, and only a few pieces of jewellery.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/24/scandinavian-late-viking-age-art-styles-as-a-part-of-the-visual-display-of-warriors-in-11th-century-estonia/feed/ 0 Fishing with Monks – Padise Abbey and the River Vantaanjoki from 1351 to 1429 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/17/fishing-with-monks-padise-abbey-and-the-river-vantaanjoki-from-1351-to-1429/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/17/fishing-with-monks-padise-abbey-and-the-river-vantaanjoki-from-1351-to-1429/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 05:56:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38113 How did the Cistercian Abbey of Padise in Estonia first come into possession of fishing rights for salmon in the River Vantaanjoki in Finland?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/17/fishing-with-monks-padise-abbey-and-the-river-vantaanjoki-from-1351-to-1429/feed/ 0 Colonizing the Landscape: A Case Study of Medieval Livonia http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/10/colonizing-the-landscape-a-case-study-of-medieval-livonia-2/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/10/colonizing-the-landscape-a-case-study-of-medieval-livonia-2/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:49:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32638 There are several impulses which led me to the history of medieval landscape, and particularly that of Medieval Livonia. When discussing with Gerhard Jaritz the availability of medieval primary sources on the Eastern Baltic landscape, I was obliged to point out the extreme scarcity of medieval picture images, illuminated manuscripts or maps of Livonia.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/10/colonizing-the-landscape-a-case-study-of-medieval-livonia-2/feed/ 0 Frosts, Floods, and Famines – Climate in Relation to Hunger in North-East Europe A.D. 1100–1550 http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/31/frosts-floods-and-famines-climate-in-relation-to-hunger-in-north-east-europe-a-d-1100%e2%80%931550/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/31/frosts-floods-and-famines-climate-in-relation-to-hunger-in-north-east-europe-a-d-1100%e2%80%931550/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:56:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=26800 This Master’s thesis examines the relation between climatic conditions and hunger in Northeast Europe in A.D. 1100–1550.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/31/frosts-floods-and-famines-climate-in-relation-to-hunger-in-north-east-europe-a-d-1100%e2%80%931550/feed/ 0 When did the Dominicans Arrive in Tallinn? http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/23/when-did-the-dominicans-arrive-in-tallinn/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/23/when-did-the-dominicans-arrive-in-tallinn/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 01:14:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23176 When did the Dominicans Arrive in Tallinn? Tamm, Marek Tuna, No.4 (2009) Abstract It is difficult to overestimate the significance of the Order of Preachers in the history of Estonia’s Christianization. It was the first religious order to establish a permanent foothold on the territory of Estonia and spent centuries conducting its mission work among […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/23/when-did-the-dominicans-arrive-in-tallinn/feed/ 0 Medieval town wall of Tartu in the light of recent research http://www.medievalists.net/2011/06/02/medieval-town-wall-of-tartu-in-the-light-of-recent-research/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/06/02/medieval-town-wall-of-tartu-in-the-light-of-recent-research/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:25:09 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=21422 Medieval town wall of Tartu in the light of recent research By Rivo Bernotas Estonian Journal of Archaeology, Vol.15:1 (2011) Abstract: The present study of the town wall of Tartu will try to summarize the results obtained so far during the archaeological investigations and discuss the condition of the town wall, the date of construction […]

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