Chronicle of Henry of Livonia (1)
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The Livonian Chronicle of Henry (Latin: Heinrici Cronicon Lyvoniae) is a document in Latin describing historic events in Livonia (roughly corresponding to today's inland Estonia and the northern part of Latvia) and surrounding areas from 1180 to 1227. It was written ca. 1229 by a priest named Henry (Latin: Henricus de Lettis). Apart from the few references in the Primary Chronicle compiled in Kievan Rus' in the twelfth century, it is the oldest known written document about the history of Estonia and Latvia.
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