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Author : Ivar Paulson
Publisher : Bloomington : Indiana University
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Old Estonian Folk Religion written by Ivar Paulson and published by Bloomington : Indiana University. This book was released on 1971 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Toivo U. Raun
Publisher : Hoover Press
ISBN 13 : 9780817928537
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (285 download)
Download or read book Estonia and the Estonians written by Toivo U. Raun and published by Hoover Press. This book was released on 2002-02-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Estonia and the Estonians provides the first compendious survey in any language of Estonian history, from prehistoric times to the twenty-first century. Estonia's strategic geopolitical location—a crossroads where the major powers of northeastern Europe have struggled for influence—and the small number of ethnic Estonians are crucial factors that have shaped the history of the area and its inhabitants. The book emphasizes the period since the mid-nineteenth century, when a national movement calling for Estonian cultural and political autonomy began to emerge. During the two world wars, Estonia gained and lost political self-determination. Yet a modern Estonian culture was firmly established, and a strong sense of national identity survived the Soviet era.
Author : Symposium on Christian Folk Religion
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789985400807
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Papers delivered at the Symposium Christian Folk Religion written by Symposium on Christian Folk Religion and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ülo Valk
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Black Gentleman written by Ülo Valk and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004292780
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Studying Religions with the Iron Curtain Closed and Opened written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides a systematic treatise about the history and present of the Academic study of Religions in the Central and Eastern Europe. The origins of the discipline can be found as late as the early 20th century, but promising beginnings were disrupted by the rise of the Marxist-Leninist critique of religion. After the political changes in 1989, the field is successfully re-established, particularly in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, Russia, and Romania.
Author : Jaak Treiman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476649812
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Carried by a Magic Fan written by Jaak Treiman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2023-05-12 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the backdrop of World War II and accented by the birth, demise and rebirth of a nation, this memoir chronicles a Baltic refugee family's escape from Estonia to the United States. Spanning nine decades and three continents--and incorporating an essay by his mother, his parents' letters, and conversations with his father--Jaak Treiman describes his family's journey and life afterward as they sought the American dream. As they settled into their new lives, they kept memories of their homeland alive by engaging in political activities that contributed to the break-up of the Soviet Union, including strategizing with dissidents behind the Iron Curtain, engaging in court battles, and attending meetings with American presidents.
Author : Toivo Miljan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0810875136
Total Pages : 647 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Estonia written by Toivo Miljan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Estonia is a small European Union country (population 1.3 million but physically the size of Netherlands and Switzerland) at the historic interface of East and West, Europe and Russia, free from Soviet occupation only for twenty-five years. Estonia boasts many notable achievements in the past has one of the most advanced economies in the region. It has made impressive progress politically, having shed a half century of communist domination and shifted to democracy, making it a model for other transitional states. It is at the forefront of Internet services: its secure digital ID cards are used for all interactions with government agencies, for voting at elections, and among government agencies, as well as in private banking. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Estonia covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, glossary, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Estonia.
Author : Timothy Insoll
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019923244X
Total Pages : 1135 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion written by Timothy Insoll and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 1135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive overview, by period and region, of the archaeology of ritual and religion. The coverage is global, and extends from the earliest prehistory to modern times. Written by over sixty renowned specialists, the Handbook presents the very best in current scholarship, and will also stimulate further research.
Author : Eugene D. Genovese
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307772721
Total Pages : 847 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Roll, Jordan, Roll written by Eugene D. Genovese and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-02-09 with total page 847 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A testament to the power of the human spirit under conditions of extreme oppression, this landmark history of slavery in the South challenged conventional views by illuminating the many forms of resistance to dehumanization that developed in slave society. Displaying keen insight into the minds of both enslaved persons and slaveholders, historian Eugene Genovese investigates the ways that enslaved persons forced their owners to acknowledge their humanity through culture, music, and religion. He covers a vast range of subjects, from slave weddings and funerals, to language, food, clothing, and labor, and places particular emphasis on religion as both a major battleground for psychological control and a paradoxical source of spiritual strength. A winner of the Bancroft Prize.
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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004461175
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Old Religion, New Spirituality: Implications of Secularisation and Individualisation in Estonia written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-09-06 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Estonia is often described as one of the most secularised countries in the world in terms of de-institutionalisation and de-Christianisation. Old Religion, New Spirituality: Implications of Secularisation and Individualisation in Estonia, edited by Riho Altnurme, starts with the question: what are the historical reasons for Estonia to be so secularised? The decisive factor in the diminishment in the importance of Christianity was the overlap between social classes and ethnicities. The national identity of Estonians became disconnected to any religion. Second, what are the consequences? How are the secularity of Estonia and the picture of individualised religiosity in this country linked? This book provides fresh results from surveys, archival work and analysis by a group of Estonian researchers. Contributors include: Riho Altnurme, Lea Altnurme, Priit Rohtmets, Indrek Pekko, Toomas Schvak, Ringo Ringvee, Alar Kilp, and Marko Uibu.
Download or read book Estonian Journal of Archaeology written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rein Taagepera
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429969279
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Estonia written by Rein Taagepera and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After breaking free from the Bolsheviks in 1918, Estonia enjoyed independence until 1940 when the country was subsumed by the Soviet Union. Not until 1991 was Estonia able to make its next successful bid for sovereignty. In this book, Rein Taagepera traces the evolution of Estonia from prehistory to the present, when a radical turn of events in the former Soviet Union once again altered the destiny of this Baltic nation. The author explores in depth the remarkable changes in Estonia since 1980, framing his analysis within the larger picture of the Soviet Union and its demise. He also examines the issue of ethnic tensions between Estonians and Russian colonists and speculates on how unrest will affect the future of the country. Throughout his analysis, the author weaves in such key questions as: Why did Sovietization fail? How did Estonia’s quest for autonomy affect Soviet dissolution? What role will the country play on the global stage? What will Estonia’s future hold?
Author : Ülo Valk
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (676 download)
Download or read book Papers Delivered at the Symposium "Christian Folk Religion" written by Ülo Valk and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alan V. Murray
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9780754664833
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (648 download)
Download or read book The Clash of Cultures on the Medieval Baltic Frontier written by Alan V. Murray and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conversion of the lands on the southern and eastern shores of the Baltic Sea by Germans, Danes and Swedes in the period from 1150 to 1400 represented the last great struggle between Christianity and paganism on the European continent, but for the indigenous peoples of Finland, Livonia, Prussia, Lithuania and Pomerania, it was also a period of wider cultural conflict and transformation. This collection explores the theme of clash of cultures from a variety of perspectives, discussing the nature and ideology of crusading in the medieval Baltic region, the struggle between Catholicism and Orthodoxy, and the cultural confrontation that accompanied the process of conversion.
Author : Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher : Britanncia Educational Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1615309918
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (153 download)
Download or read book Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland written by Britannica Educational Publishing and published by Britanncia Educational Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After emerging from the long shadow cast by the Soviet Union, the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and neighboring Poland transitioned from communism to market economies and instituted democratic reforms in a remarkably short time. Although each continues to contend with various economic and political issues, their successes have allowed them to become some of the few former Eastern bloc states to join the European Union. The journeys each country has madefrom antiquity to the presentand the remarkable peoples and cultures that make their populations are the subjects of this captivating volume.
Author : Dace Bula
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 144389267X
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Mapping the History of Folklore Studies written by Dace Bula and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of articles provides rich and diverse insights into the historical dynamics of folkloristic thought with its shifting geographies, shared spaces, centres and borderlands. By focusing on intellectual collaboration and sharing, the volume also reveals the limitations, barriers and boundaries inherent in scholarship and scholarly communities. Folklore scholars from Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, and the USA reflect upon a range of related questions, including: To what extent and in what sense can folklore studies be regarded as a shared field of knowledge? Which lines of authority have held it together and what forces have led to segmentation? How have the hierarchies of intellectual centres and peripheries shifted over time? Do national or regional styles of scholarly practice exist in folkloristics? The contributors here pay attention to individual personalities, the politics and economics of scholarship, and forms of communication as meaningful contexts for discussing the dynamics of folklore theory and methods.
Author : Gábor Klaniczay
Publisher : Central European University Press
ISBN 13 : 6155211507
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (552 download)
Download or read book Witchcraft Mythologies and Persecutions written by Gábor Klaniczay and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2008-05-10 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third, concluding volume of the series publishes 14 studies and the transcription of a round-table discussion on Carlo Ginzburg's Ecstasies. The themes of the previous two volumes, Communicating with the Spirits, and Christian Demonology and Popular Mythology, are further expanded here both as regards their interdisciplinary approach and the wide range of regional comparisons. While the emphasis of the second volume was on current popular belief and folklore as seen in the context of the historical sources on demonology, this volume approaches its subject from the point of view of historical anthropology. The greatest recent advances of witchcraft research occurred recently in two fields: (1) deciphering the variety of myths and the complexity of historical processes which lead to the formation of the witches' Sabbath, (2) the micro-historical analysis of the social, religious, legal and cultural milieu where witchcraft accusations and persecutions developed. These two themes are completed by some further insights into the folklore of the concerned regions which still carries the traces of the traumatic historical memories of witchcraft persecutions.
