Folks often forget #Christianity was imposed on much of #Europe by force. In the #LivonianCrusade, an attack on the #Finnic & #Baltic #pagans in modern #Latvia & #Estonia, the #BattleOfStMatthewsDay was #ThisDayInHistory in 1217. In its aftermath, many were forcibly baptized.

[cf. #German, #Üxküll or #Uexküll] in present-day #Latvia), #Cistercian #BishopBerthold of #Hanover, on his bolting horse during the #LivonianCrusade in 1198. Little or nothing else is know about him. Name of Estonian choral society founded in #Riga, 1880. Oddly, not one streetsign in its name.
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[or, possibly, ‘village No.1’] in #Livonian cf. #German, Üxküll or Uexküll] in present-day #Latvia), Cistercian #BishopBerthold of Hanover, on his bolting horse during the #LivonianCrusade in 1198. Little or nothing else is known about him. Name of #Estonian choral society founded in #Riga 1880.
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Here, near #Cēsis, aka #Wenden, or #Võnnu in #Estonian (see #Vene), the Estonians fought and beat #TeutonicKnight invaders during the #LivonianCrusade in 1210, described in #Metsanurk’s historical novel #ÜmeraJõel (On Ümera River). The name itself might come from #MLG Ümer ah. In the 16th C...
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