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Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis, 2017 There was no ideal or typical way of establishing the Reformation in Europe, while Church reform in East Central Europe cannot be attributed solely to the influence of the ideas from Wittenberg.
Ulrich Schoenborn
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The Economic History Review, Volume 75, Issue 3, Page 801-829, August 2022., 2022 Abstract Studies on the role of interest groups in the formation of public policy are generally focused on those in democratic countries. However, the emerging literature on interest groups in autocratic regimes suggests that business in such states is actively involved in policy formation. On the basis of the first dataset on the 1891 tariff reform in
Marina Chuchko
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Otto Hermann von der Howen. From Courland Patriot to Merciless Henchman of Russian Interests in the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia [PDF]
, 2021 The article describes the evolution of political activities of Otto Hermann von der Howen (1740–1806). He was one of the most influential politicians in the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia in the last decades of the state’s existence. When beginning his
Janicki, Arkadiusz
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Die Domkapitel von Kurland und Riga. Ein Beitrag zum Inkorporationsbegriff im Deutschen Orden
Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung, 2023 Research on the cathedral chapters of the ecclesiastical province of Riga shows that the Teu-tonic Order played a significant role in how they operated, since five of the eight cathedral chapters were regulated according to its rule.
Johannes Götz
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History in Public: Power and Process, Harm and Help
History, Volume 107, Issue 375, Page 211-234, March 2022., 2022 Abstract This introductory piece explains the choice of public history as a focus for this special issue of History, and its emphasis on the work of early‐career historians. ‘Public history’ is a notoriously nebulous concept. We outline some of the most common ways in which it is understood, and discuss why we believe that its methods and approaches ...
Christel Annemieke Romein +3 more
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The Culture of Societies and Latvian Books in Livland and Courland during the Early 19th Century
Akadēmiskā Dzīve, 2021 The article explores the role of the Baltic German patriotic, economic, and literary societies in development of Latvian literary culture during the early 19th century when these groups were established.
Pauls Daija
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The comprehensive publication on the Courland campaign and the Battle of Mūrmuiža
Akadēmiskā Dzīve, 2022 This review is dedicated to Vladimir Velikanov and Sergei Mechnev's book “Kurlandskaya operatsiya 1705–1706 gg. i srazhenie pri Gemauertgofe” (published in Moscow in 2016), which is a relatively unique and, to date, the most comprehensive work on ...
Mikus Žagata
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Livonian and Courlander nobility in Samogitia in the 17th and 18th century
Klio, 2020 The main issue of this paper is Livonian nobles’ immigration to Lithuania. This topic is very difficult to investigate, because of significant deficiency in sources presenting a registration of estates and real estate transactions from Livonia and ...
Andrzej Rachuba
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The l-cases in Courland Livonian [PDF]
, 2022 Courland Livonian is the only Finnic language where the habitive expressions of giving, taking, and having do not use the so-called l-cases, but instead the dative, the elative or a postposition.
Rogier Blokland, Nobufumi Inaba
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Military actions on the border between the Duchy of Courland and Lithuania at the beginning of the Great Northern War (september 1701-may 1703) [PDF]
, 2022 Straipsnyje aptariami Didžiojo Šiaurės karo (1700–1721) įvykiai, susiję su Kuršo kunigaikštyste. Daugiausia dėmesio skirta karo veiksmams konkrečiame regione – Kuršo kunigaikštystės ir Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės pasienyje, vykusiems nuo švedų ...
Jakovļeva, Mārīte +1 more
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