Livonian Chronicle of Henry
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The Livonian Chronicle of Henry is a Latin narrative of events in Livonia and surrounding areas from 1180 to 1227. It was written c. 1229 by a priest named Henry. Apart from some references in Gesta D
A page from a copy of the Henry of Latvia manuscript
Albert of Riga
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Albert of Riga or Albert of Livonia was the third Catholic Bishop of Riga in Livonia. As the Bishop of Livonia, in 1201, he founded Riga, the modern capital city of Latvia, and the city was later made
Livonian Chronicle of Henry
…the Baltic region, drawing it into Western orbit. The Livonian Chronicle of Henry was written during the first generation of conversion in Livonia when Albert of Buxhoeveden (later, Bishop of Riga) had authority over the land. The Teutonic Order continued to implement Christianity across Livonia after the Livonian Brothers…
Albert of Riga, copy of a sculpture by Karl Hans Bernewitz on the cloister wall of Riga Cathedral
Albert Street