| Chapter 1: | A Brief Account of Formative Historical Events That Shaped Social and Agrarian Relations Until the Mid-Eighteenth Century in Livonia |
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Chapter 1
A Brief Account of Formative Historical Events That Shaped Social and Agrarian Relations Until the Mid-Eighteenth Century in Livonia
In Riga gab es Bischöfe, ja. Der eine hat sich ein blaues Gesicht angesoffen, der andere vor Verrücktheit Mäuse gefangen, die übri-gen streiften sich Harnische über und jagten in Lettgallen die Leute, hinunter nach Litauen oder hinauf, über Narwa hinaus, davon reden wir nicht.44
—Johannes Bobrowski
Analysis in this chapter highlights important events that are considered to have played a significant role in setting historical and legal precedents in determining and shaping the agrarian debate and social relations encountered in the second half of the eighteenth century in Livonia.