Otto Hermann von der Howen. From Courland Patriot to Merciless Henchman of Russian Interests in the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia [PDF]
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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ALEXANDER STREKAVIN’S (1889–1971) DRAWINGS OF MITAU – EVIDENCE FOR THE 19TH– EARLY 20TH-CENTURY INVENTIONS [PDF]
Mitau, the former capital of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, became the Courland Governorate centre with the Governor’s residence in a palace on an island formed by the Driksa, the branch of the Lielupe River, and great changes have taken place in ...
Ozola, Silvija
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The publication presents the first publication of the map of the border between the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania drawn in c. 1585 and kept at the National Archive of Sweden.
Vasiliauskas, Ernestas
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Ленне право як складник державного устрою країн Центрально-Східної Європи (XVI–XVIII ст.) (Feudal law as a component of the state system of Central and Eastern Europe (XVI–XVIII centuries)) [PDF]
Стаття присвячена аналізу ленних відносин як елементу державного устрою та зовнішньополітичних відносин Польського королівства, а з 1569 р. Речі Посполитої в Ранній Новий час (XVI–XVIII ст.).
Кулаковський, П. М. (P. Kulakovskyi)
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Mažai žinomas Klaipėdos ir apylinkių piešinys 1586 m. jūrlapyje | A Sketch of Klaipėda (Memel) and the Surrounding Area in an Unknown Author’s Rutter of 1586 [PDF]
By digitising and publicising their exhibits, European archives, libraries and museums are opening up an increasing number of historical sources to a wider audience.
Edvinas Ubis, Ubis, Edvinas,
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THE LUXURY LIFESTYLE IN THE NURMUIŽA MANOR [PDF]
This paper presents briefly the history of the Nurmuiža estate and its owners, and summarises the results of the 2008 and 2009 archaeological investigations.
BRŪZIS, RŪDOLFS; Latvijas vēstures institūts
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Dental disease in a 17th–18th century German community in Jelgava, Latvia [PDF]
Aims: To determine the frequency and distribution of dental caries, periapical lesions, the periodontal disease, ante-mortem tooth loss and enamel hypoplasia in a high status, urban post-medieval population from the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, and ...
Gerhards, Guntis +1 more
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The 1541 delimitation treaty between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Order. [PDF]
An interest in the history of the borders of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL), on the one hand, and the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Order and the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, on the other, arose in the 19th century historiography.
Čelkis, Tomas +3 more
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Livonia and the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia – slightly different approach to the Livonian "Prussia". Some observations on the forgotten Union of Vilnius of 1561 [PDF]
The Treaty of Krakow signed in 1525 which ended definitively the existence of the Teutonic state in Prussia, became a challenge for its Livonian part. For over 30 years the Livonian province of The Order of Brothers of Saint Mary tried jointly with the ...
Jankiewicz, Adam
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Straipsnyje analizuojamas Abiejų Tautų Respublikos diplomatijos funkcionavimas santykiuose su Rusija 1711-1763 m. Pradinė chronologinė riba susijusi su Marcijono Dominyko Valavičiaus (Margan Dominik Wołłowicz) pasiuntinybe pas Petrą I, užbaigusia XVIII a.
Ciesielski, Tomasz
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