The Baltic Region as the Prototype for All of Colonial History?

2024/09/18 by Kristina Jõekalda, William Connor
Social Sciences · #19th century #20th century #Alexander #Art history #Baltic Germans #Baltics #Christianization #Colonialism #Colonialism research #Courland #Dehio #Estonia #European Cultural and National Identity #First World War #Georg #Great Northern War #Heinz #Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics #History #History of eastern europe #History of science #Johann Georg #Kohl #Langhans #Livonia #Neumann #Paul #Pirang #Schiemann #Tallinn #Theodor #Urban Development and Cultural Heritage #Wilhelm #von Hueck

paper · doi:10.25355/hqyb-g610

openalex publication_date 2024/09/18 · openalex created_date 2025/12/05 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01

Abstract

The myth that Livland had been a German colony since its Christianization in the 13th-century began to serve contemporary political interests around 1900. How did this myth present itself in art historical narratives?

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