-
Oeselians or
Osilians is a
historical name for the
people who
prior to the
Northern Crusades in the 13th
century lived in the
Estonian island of Saaremaa...
-
target and
starting point for many raids.
Coastal Estonians,
particularly Oeselians from Saaremaa,
adopted Viking lifestyle.
Several Scandinavian sagas referred...
- in 1236,
Oeselians rebelled. The
conflict was
ended by a
treaty that was
signed by the
Oeselians and the
Master of the Order. The
Oeselians along with...
-
January 1227.
After the
surrender of two
major Oeselian strongholds, Muhu and Valjala, the
Oeselians formally accepted Christianity. In 1236,
after the...
-
ancestry and
Russian admixture.
Faroese people Geats Gotlander Gutasaga Oeselians Proto-Norse
language Scandinavian prehistory Swedes (Germanic tribe) Ushkuiniks...
-
presence in the
province of Wiek, but his
troops were
defeated by the
Oeselians in the
Battle of
Lihula in 1220. Revelia, Harrien, and Vironia, the whole...
-
Eventually Oeselians asked for peace. The two
sides reached an
agreement and the army of the
Livonian Order left
Saaremaa after the
Oeselians had reluctantly...
-
about a
mountain and a
forest where a god
named Tharapita,
worshipped by
Oeselians, had been born. The
solstice festival of
Midsummer (Estonian: Jaanipäev)...
-
carry out a raid
against the
Oeselians (Estonian
inhabitants of the
island of Saaremaa), but were
attacked by
Oeselian ships. The
sides of the two ships...
-
century the
coasts of
western Scandinavia were
plundered by
Curonians and
Oeselians from the
eastern coast of the
Baltic Sea. In the 13th and 14th century...
