Medievalists.net » Latvia http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +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 Riga Castle in Latvia damaged by fire http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/28/riga-castle-in-latvia-damaged-by-fire/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/28/riga-castle-in-latvia-damaged-by-fire/#comments Fri, 28 Jun 2013 14:38:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41829 Last week's fire at Riga Castle has left the Latvian landmark with heavy damage, including the destruction of the roof and several rooms.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/28/riga-castle-in-latvia-damaged-by-fire/feed/ 0 Pagans by Comparisons: Medieval Christian and Muslim Constructions of the Pagan “Other” http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/23/pagans-by-comparisons-medieval-christian-and-muslim-constructions-of-the-pagan-other/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/23/pagans-by-comparisons-medieval-christian-and-muslim-constructions-of-the-pagan-other/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:45:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23166 Pagans by Comparisons: Medieval Christian and Muslim Constructions of the Pagan “Other” Busalacchi, Philip Perspectives: A Journal of Historical Inquiry, Vol.37 (2010) Introduction: During the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries German and Danish clergymen and knights set off on a crusade to the lands of the eastern Baltic Sea into the modern day Latvia. Henricus […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/23/pagans-by-comparisons-medieval-christian-and-muslim-constructions-of-the-pagan-other/feed/ 0 WITCHES IN BALTIC FAIRY TALES http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/04/witches-in-baltic-fairy-tales/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/04/witches-in-baltic-fairy-tales/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:05:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=14850 WITCHES IN BALTIC FAIRY TALES Gliwa, Bernd Onomasiology Online 4 (2003) Abstract The following article discusses names for witches in Lithuanian and Latvian fairy tales. For Lith. ragana, Latv. ragana the common etymological reconstruction *‘seeress’ is rejected. Instead, Balt. *ragana is derived from Balt. *rag- ‘to raise, rise’ < I.-E. *re -,*ro – ‘to move straight, […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/04/witches-in-baltic-fairy-tales/feed/ 0 Construction of the Order’s Castle in Cesis, Latvia http://www.medievalists.net/2010/12/19/construction-of-the-order%e2%80%99s-castle-in-cesis-latvia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2010/12/19/construction-of-the-order%e2%80%99s-castle-in-cesis-latvia/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 04:07:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=14077 Construction of the Order’s Castle in Cesis, Latvia Lapins, Arturs Dirveiks, Ilmars Proceedings of the Third International Congress on Construction History, May 2009 Abstract The ruin of the Medieval Order’s Castle in Cesis is the best preserved castle ruin complex in Latvia. The rich history and spectacular outlook place it amongst the most peculiar and interesting […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2010/12/19/construction-of-the-order%e2%80%99s-castle-in-cesis-latvia/feed/ 0 The Social Status of Women in Latvia in the 7th-13th Centuries, in the Light of Palaeodemographic Data http://www.medievalists.net/2010/05/30/the-social-status-of-women-in-latvia-in-the-7th-13th-centuries-in-the-light-of-palaeodemographic-data/ http://www.medievalists.net/2010/05/30/the-social-status-of-women-in-latvia-in-the-7th-13th-centuries-in-the-light-of-palaeodemographic-data/#comments Sun, 30 May 2010 17:57:43 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=8408 This paper is intended as a contribution to the understanding of women's social role and living conditions in the Iron Age society in Latvia.

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