Periods
- Expand 9000 BC-ca 1200. Prehistoric Estonia
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ca 1200–1558. Estonian middle ages
- Sources
- Foreign conquest and formation of a new administrative division
- Spread of Christianity and religious orders
- Consolidation of the new regime. Origin and mutual relations of the new settlers
- Emergence of Old-Livonian towns and the developing trade
- Internal events in 14th century Old Livonia. St George’s Night Uprising
- Development of towns in the 14th–15th centuries. Church life in towns
- Internal affairs in 15th century Old Livonia: nobility, clergy and peasantry
- Religious life in the late Middle Ages. The Reformation
- The Late Middle Age Livonia in the foreign policy arena: Relations with Russians
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1558–1710. Estonia under Swedish rule
- Relations between Old Livonia and its neighbouring countries
- Swedish, Danish, Russian and Polish-Lithuanian wars for Estonia
- Estonia divided between Sweden, Poland and Denmark
- Population
- Cities
- Trade and industry
- Agrarian conditions
- Church and religion. Spiritual world
- Peasant education
- Elitist education and high culture
- Estonia during the reign of the absolutist King Charles XI. The Great Reduction of manors
- The Great Northern War. End of Swedish rule in Estonia
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1710–1850. The Baltic Landesstaat
- The Baltic Landesstaat
- Population: ethnic and social structure
- Serfdom and the intensifying manorial economy
- Influences of Pietism and the Moravian Brethren
- Enlightenment and enlightened absolutism
- Impact of the French Revolution
- Emergence of national consciousness and Estophilia
- Agrarian reforms and economic innovations
- Conversion movement and the final agrarian reform
- Expand 1850–1914. National awakening
- Collapse 1914–1920. The First World War and Estonian independence
- Expand 1920-1939. The Republic of Estonia between the two World Wars
- Expand 1939-1945. Estonia and World War II
- Expand 1945–1985. The Soviet Period
- Expand 1985–1991. Restoration of independence
External links
- Toivo U. Raun. Estonia and the Estonians. Hoover Institution Press, Stanford, CA. 2nd ed, 2001 http://books.google.ee/books?id=YQ1NRJlUrwkC&dq=estonia+and+the+Estonians&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=vgdXT9UZ5u&sig=RirHe-A3LCxKBObh4EkJcQ5M380&hl=et&ei=BDW2Sr2_OcaJ4gbGnZh8&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
- Materials about the Estonian War of Indepence on the websie of the Estonian War Museum http://www.esm.ee/11477/
Created: 28.06.2010 18:11
Modified: 28.06.2010 18:18
Modified: 28.06.2010 18:18
