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History of Latvia - Polish and Swedish Period | | History of Latvia - Polish and Swedish Period: Encyclopedia II - History of Latvia - Polish and Swedish Period | | The 1500s were a time of great changes for the inhabitants of Latvia, notable for the reformation and the collapse of the Livonian nation. After the Livonian War (1558-1583) today's Latvian territory came under Polish-Lithuanian rule. The Lutheran faith was accepted in Kurzeme, Zemgale and Vidzeme, but the Roman Catholic faith maintained its dominance in Latgale – it remains so to this day.
In the 1600s, the Duchy of Courland, once a part of Livonia, experienced a notable economic boom. It established two colonies – an island in t ...
See also:History of Latvia, History of Latvia - Legendary History, History of Latvia - German Period, History of Latvia - Polish and Swedish Period, History of Latvia - Russian Period, History of Latvia - Independence, History of Latvia - Soviet Period, History of Latvia - Reinstating Independence | | | History of Latvia, History of Latvia - German Period, History of Latvia - Independence, History of Latvia - Legendary History, History of Latvia - Polish and Swedish Period, History of Latvia - Reinstating Independence, History of Latvia - Russian Period, History of Latvia - Soviet Period, Latvia, Latvia in the 20th Century, Latvian independence movement (1940-1991), Latvian diplomatic service (1940-1991), Livonia | | |
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History of Latvia - Polish and Swedish Period
The 1500s were a time of great changes for the inhabitants of Latvia, notable for the reformation and the collapse of the Livonian nation. After the Livonian War (1558-1583) today's Latvian territory came under Polish-Lithuanian rule. The Lutheran faith was accepted in Kurzeme, Zemgale and Vidzeme, but the Roman Catholic faith maintained its dominance in Latgale – it remains so to this day.
In the 1600s, the Duchy of Courland, once a part of Livonia, experienced a notable economic boom. It established two colonies – an island in the estuary of the Gambia River (in Africa) and Tobago Island (in the Caribbean Sea). Names from this period still survive today in these places.
However after the Polish-Swedish war (1600-1629) Rīga came under Swedish rule in 1621. It became the largest and most developed Swedish City. During this time Vidzeme was known as the "Swedish Bread Basket" because it supplied the larger part of the Swedish kingdom with wheat. The rest of Latvia stayed Polish until the second partion of Poland in 1793, when it became Russian.
Consolidation of the Latvian nation occurred in the 1600s. With the merging of the Couronians, Latgallians, Selonians, Semgallians and Livonians (Finno-Ugrians, in Latvian called: lībieši or līvi) a culturally unified nation that spoke a common language developed – the Latvians (in Latvian: latvieši).
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