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Latvia lies at the eastern end of the Baltic Sea, and is bordered by Lithuania, Belarus, Russia, and Estonia. For many centuries, Latvia was under the control of the Livonian Order, a group of Teutonic Knights of German origins.

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This is a collection of articles on the history, culture, and daily life of medieval Latvia. It is designed to be a resource for historical recreation that will help make it easier and more fun to develop a Latvian or Livonian persona. We hope you will be enriched through this page, and that you may find comments or resources to help enrich this page for others.

Maintained by Walraven van Nijmegen - vespirus@socrates.berkeley.edu
This page last updated 20 January 2000

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General

Humanities and Social Sciences: Latvia (Journal)
Museums of Latvia - includes listings of many historical museums

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History

Rigas Vestures un Kugniecibas Muzejs (Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation) -- includes many photos of artifacts
Humanities and Social Sciences: Latvia, Issue 16 - Latvian Ethnic History
The Most Ancient Population of Latvia (Raisa Denisova)
Indo-Europeans in the Eastern Baltic (Ilze Loze)
Latvia in the Early Metals Age (Janis Graudonis)
Latvia During the Early and Middle Iron Age (1st - 8th century AD) (Andrejs Vasks)
Emergence of the Latvian Nation in the 6th to the 16th Century (Evalds Mugurevics)
Ethno-Linguistic Contacts with Baltic Finns (Antons Breidaks)

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Society

Kultura Latvija (Culture in Latvia)
Latviesu Kultura (Latvian Culture)

Art

Monuments of Architecture (including some medieval buildings)
Monuments of Archaeology (two old castles)
Language
Latvian Fonts - for use with Windows
Latviesu Valoda (The Latvian Language) - with an IPA sound chart
The Latvian Language - an online language course
The Latvian Language (with short history of the language)
   - Alphabet & Pronunciation
   - Dictionary of Basic Words (Latvian-English & Latvian-Russian)
   - Pictorial Dictionary of Latvian (Bilzu abece)
   - Pronunciation Samples
Music
Latvian Folk Music Server - includes information on medieval instruments, with photos

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Resources

Names and Naming Practices
SCA Alternative Titles
Common Expressions
Maps

Legends from The Baltic Lands - a series of 12 maps from the book covering 1000 - 1809 AD

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Neighboring Cultures

Baltic States
Estonia Knowledge Page
Lithuania Knowledge Page
Poland
Poland Knowledge Page
Russia
Russian Knowledge Page (includes Belarussian links)

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