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3 unusual facts about Livonian Chronicle


Battle of Ümera

According to the Livonian Chronicle, out of 14 prisoners some were burned alive and others had been made a cross on their backs with a sword before executing them as well.

Latvian Orthodox Church

There were Ortodox churches in Jersika, as by evidence of Livonian Chronicle; many churchlife-related words came into pre-Latvian languages in that time.

Oeselians

The Livonian Chronicle describes the Oeselians as using two kinds of ships, the piratica and the liburna.



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