Essays on the history of the Livonian War. From Narva to Fellin. 1558-1561.
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Essays on the history of the Livonian War. From Narva to Fellin. 1558-1561.
14.99 €
In January 1558, Russian regiments crossed the Russian-Livonian border at the command of Ivan the Terrible. For four years, from 1558 to 1561, the Baltics were engulfed in the flames of a war that soon became known as the Livonian War (in turn, this war was part of a longer conflict that can be called the War of the Livonian Succession, which lasted de facto from 1555 to 1595). As a result of the actions of Russian troops, the "sick man" of Northeastern Europe, the Livonian "confederation" consisting of the Livonian Order, the Archbishopric of Riga, and a number of other smaller possessions, was defeated, broken up, and divided among powerful and greedy neighbors. The history of this war, despite its importance for the subsequent history of not only Russia and the Baltic States, but also the states that intervened in the conflict - Poland, Lithuania, Sweden, Denmark - has been studied very poorly, especially by Russian historiography. This short work, written with the use of both domestic and foreign sources and literature, fills this gap. It provides a brief military-historical (and partly diplomatic) sketch of this conflict, which will be useful not only to historians, but also to all those interested in Russian history, and especially in the history of Russian military affairs in the 16th century.
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