Nurmekund

Who holds it

Name

None named for 1200

Title

The elders of Nurmekund

Since

not applicable

Born

not applicable

Family

No ruling family; no elder named.

Confidence

low

en.wikipedia (Nurmekund).

Overlord

None. No tribute is known.

What it holds

• Pilistvere and the Põltsamaa valley
• The north shore of Võrtsjärv

How things stand that morning

Free and pagan.

Wealth

Farming, fishing on Võrtsjärv, forest goods.

Military

Levies of a small land. No numbers.

Threats

• The Germans after 1208 (later)

Parishes

Not listed.

Hillforts

None pinned; Pilistvere is given as its centre.

Assembly

None named.

Neighbours

Sakala, Alempois, Järvamaa, Mõhu, and Ugandi across the lake.

Law and courts

Elders.

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

• Pilistvere: Centre of Nurmekund (en.wikipedia).

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Known from 13th-century mentions only; its extent is a modern reconstruction.

On the map: Drawn from the north shore of Võrtsjärv up the Põltsamaa valley; very rough.

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