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In the middle of the 13th century, the Curonian army included lightly armed soldiers who fought with spears, shields, fighting knives and axes, formed into an infantry platoon. Archers constituted a separate segment of an army. A heavily armed soldier could have a sword, a helmet, a shield and a wide
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before besieging Apuolė. According to Rimbert, 15,000 locals defended themselves for eight days but then agreed to surrender: the Curonians paid a silver ransom for each man in the fortress, pledged their loyalty to Sweden, and gave 30 hostages to guarantee future payments.
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and besieged the city. However, after a day of fighting, the Curonians were unable to break through the city walls. They crossed to the other bank of the Daugava to burn their dead and mourn for three days. Later they lifted the siege and returned to Courland.
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The historical Curonians were described in contemporary sources as warriors, sailors and pirates. They are on the record having been involved in several wars and alliances with Swedish, Danish and Icelandic
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Curonia, as reported, had its own language, different from the Latvian and Estonian, which is extirpated and prohibited, so that nobody has the right to talk it, and instead has to speak Latvian.
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The Curonians did not lay down their arms at that time. They used the famine as a pretext for claiming economical weakness and actually did not permit the monks to enter the country. Later, the
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fortress was first attacked by the Danes, who were hoping to make the town pay tribute to Denmark. The locals were victorious and gained much war loot. After learning of Danish failure, King
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Southern Curonians from Megowa, Pilsaten and Ceclis lands gradually assimilated and ceased to be known as a distinct ethnos by the 16th century. An intense period of Samogitian-Curonian
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The ethnic origin of the Curonians has been disputed in the past. Some researchers place the Curonians in the eastern Baltic group. Others hold that the Curonians were related to
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The Russians protected themselves boldly, and they knocked out a Curonian peasant Fenrich (who, although only a peasant, is called by them the Curonian king) from his horse.
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Matthews, W. K. "Nationality and Language in the East Baltic Area", American Slavic and East European Review, Vol. 6, No. 1/2 (May, 1947), pp. 62–78
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Sigurd Ring (Sigurðr) was not there, since he had to defend his land, Sweden (Svíþjóð), since Curonians (Kúrir) and Kvænir were raiding there.
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Curonian resistance was finally subdued in 1266 when the whole of Courland was partitioned between the Livonian Order and the
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Matthews, W. K. "Medieval Baltic Tribes". American Slavic and East European Review, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Apr., 1949), pp. 126–136.
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again attacked Riga. Although they were again unsuccessful in storming the city, they destroyed a monastery in
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Zemītis, G. Vendu jautājums un Arheoloģijas avotu iespējas tā risinājumā //Akadēmiskā Dzīve, Nr.46, 2009
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who lived in northern Courland. They then formed a new ethnic group, the so-called Curonised Livonians.
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It is still not known what type of ships Curonians used: there are only guesses that it was similar to
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and are considered to be eastern Baltic by some researchers, while others believe they were related to
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There are many sources that mention the Curonians in the 13th century when they were involved in the
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and other local people soon followed the Curonians and abandoned the Knights and that allowed the
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It was common for the Curonians to carry out joint raids and campaigns together with Estonians (
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organized a large expedition into Curonian lands. Olof first attacked, captured, and burned
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Nils Blomkvist. East Baltic Vikings - With Particular Consideration To The Curonians
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is posited because a Curonian linguistic substratum is evident in the Northern
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was the smallest region of around 200 km, in the western part of modern
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In 1230, the Curonians in the northern part of Courland, under their ruler (
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alleged that the Curonians even attacked the Knights from the rear. The
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was the land in the northeast of Courland, today in the district of
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Some of the most important written sources about the Curonians are
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Butrimas, Adomas; Jovaiša, Eugenijus; Malonaitis, Arvydas (2002).
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blade axe. Heavily armed troops would make a cavalry platoon.
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in Courland. Curonians established temporary settlements near
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in the 5th–16th centuries, in what are now western parts of
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describes one Viking expedition by the Vikings Thorolf and
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in chronicles) 500 km, was in the environs of modern
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The Curonian language became extinct by the 16th century.
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Johann Renner, Lievländische Historien, 1556–1561, C. 124v
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Curonians are mentioned among other participants of the
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Johann Renner, Lievländische Historien, 1556–1561, 207v
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Norna-Gests þáttr, c. 1157, Níkulás Bergsson, Iceland.
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Curonians in the context of the other Baltic tribes,
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described the territory inhabited by the Curonians (
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described early conflicts between the Curonians and
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Index

Couronians
Kursenieki

Latvian
Lithuanian
medieval
Baltic
Baltic Sea
Latvia
Lithuania
ethnogenesis
Latvians
Lithuanians
Courland
Curonian language
a series
History of Latvia

Kunda culture
Narva culture
Corded Ware culture
Amber Road
Aesti
Baltic Finns
Livonians
Vends
Balts
Latgalians
Curonians
Selonians

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