Järvamaa

Who holds it

Name

None named for 1200

Title

The elders of Järvamaa's parishes

Since

not applicable

Born

not applicable

Family

No ruling family; no elder named for these years.

Confidence

low

Henry of Livonia as reported.

Overlord

None. No tribute is known.

What it holds

• The parishes of central northern Estonia

How things stand that morning

Free and pagan.

Wealth

Grain and cattle; forest goods.

Military

Parish levies. No numbers.

Threats

• The Germans and the Danes after 1219 (later)

Parishes

Listed with their villages in the Danish census of the 13th century; not detailed here.

Hillforts

None named by Henry; not pinned.

Assembly

None named.

Neighbours

Virumaa, Rävala, Harjumaa, Alempois, Nurmekund and Mõhu.

Law and courts

Elders of parishes.

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

1. During 1200 (nothing dated)No event in this land is recorded for 1200.Depends on: not applicable Stopped by: not applicable

Places of note

• Paide area: Centre of the later Järva; no fort of 1200 is known here.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Known from Henry of Livonia and the Danish census; no fort is pinned.

On the map: Roughly the old Järva county; edges are reconstructions.

Primary sources for The Estonians

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• The Chronicle of Novgorod (kept year by year; the Synodal manuscript written in the 13th and 14th centuries). Novgorod's own record, kept at St Sophia. Read online
• The Livonian Chronicle of Henry, Henry of Livonia (1225 to 1227). The chief source for the Baltic mission. Read online
• The birch-bark letters (11th to 15th centuries). Excavated letters and notes on birch bark, dated by the layer they lie in. Read online
• The Registers of Pope Innocent III for 1199 to 1201, Innocent III and the papal chancery (22 February 1199 to 21 February 1201). The pope's outgoing letters for the year, in his chancery's own copy, touching nearly every realm in the atlas. Read online
• Charter book of Livonia, Estonia and Courland, volume 1, 1093 to 1300 (documents of 1093 to 1300, edited 1853). The documents of the Livonian mission: Innocent III's bull of 5 October 1199 calling for a crusade to protect the Livonian church, the privileges for Bishop Albert, Archbishop Hartwig of Bremen's acts for the see of Üxküll, and the later charters that settle who held what on the Düna.
• The law of the Gotlanders; The saga of the Gotlanders (Guta lag about 1220, Guta saga about 1220 to 1275; manuscript of about 1350). The law and the short history of the self-governing island. Read online