Tartu Cathedral was the main church of the Bishopric of Tartu from the 13th century until the second half of the 16th century. The Bishopric of Tartu was one of the most influential institutions in medieval Livonia i.e. the present day territories of Estonia and Latvia. The Bishop of Tartu was the holder of both secular as well as ecclesiastic power but the boundaries of his secular (bishopric) and ecclesiastic (diocese) domains did not overlap. Tartu Diocese reached from Lake Peipus (Lake Peipsi) to the Gulf of Pärnu. Established in 1224, Bishopric of Tartu was first directly subject to the Pope, and then from the 13th Century, to the Archbishop of Riga. In terms of secular power, the Bishop of Tartu was the vassal of the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and his feudal domain was of the Holy Roman Empire. Typical of medieval ecclesiastic feudal lords, the Tartu Bishop, also, led his troops into battle and at least one bishop - Alexander - was killed in action. During the Russian-Livonian War in 1558 the Russian Army conquered the territory of the Tartu Bishopric. Tartu surrendered and the last Bishop Hermann Wesel was taken to Russia, where he died. This was the end of the medieval Tartu Bishopric and a new era in the history of Estonia began.

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