Includes translated and commented documents from the 13th to the early 20th century

Medieval urban history

Publication Date: 2014

This multidisciplinary collection of essays explores the functions, meanings and use of images and objects in various late Medieval and Early Modern social practices, which were linked by their ritual character. The b... more abstractThis multidisciplinary collection of essays explores the functions, meanings and use of images and objects in various late Medieval and Early Modern social practices, which were linked by their ritual character. The book approaches ‘ritual’ as an action which is discussed under the general umbrella term “performative practice”, and is characterised by a synthesis between the repetitive and the extraordinary that carries an intense symbolic meaning and is emotionally charged. Images, spaces and rituals were closely interconnected in both the religious and the secular spheres, and played a relevant role in the symbolic communication of the time. The essays in this volume are devoted to a complex study of these phenomena in Northern and Central Europe, including regions which, due to linguistic or cultural barriers, have thus far received comparatively little attention in Anglo-American scholarship, including Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltic states.

Medieval History, Liturgy, Ritual, and Medieval Art

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013

Publication Date: Oct 2013

This interdisciplinary collection of articles offers new perspectives on the study of the visual culture of the Baltic Sea region in the 15th and the early 16th centuries. The artistic production of Bernt Notke and ot... more abstractThis interdisciplinary collection of articles offers new perspectives on the study of the visual culture of the Baltic Sea region in the 15th and the early 16th centuries. The artistic production of Bernt Notke and other artists of that period is set in a broad historical, social, spatial and liturgical context. Special attention is paid to the various functions of images, the (self-)representation of patrons, and the interrelation between images and saints’ cults.

Medieval urban history, Saints' Cults, and Medieval Art

Publisher: Verlag Ludwig, Kiel

Publication Date: Apr 2013

Medieval History, Medieval Studies, and Ritual

More Info: 2nd edition, 552 pp, maps and illustrations

Publication Date: Dec 2012

Medieval History, Medieval Studies, Medieval Archaeology, and Medieval Art

More Info: 456 pp, maps and illustrations

Publisher: Tartu Ülikooli Ajaloo ja Arheoloogia Instituut

Publication Date: Dec 2012

Art History, Applied Arts, and Silver

More Info: 304 pp, colour ill, index of goldsmiths

This is a significant new study of the festival culture of northern Europe in the later Middle Ages: more specifically of the German-speaking communities of the great cities of the eastern Baltic littoral in what was ... more abstractThis is a significant new study of the festival culture of northern Europe in the later Middle Ages: more specifically of the German-speaking communities of the great cities of the eastern Baltic littoral in what was then called Livonia. The major part of the book is devoted to the main annual festivals of the merchants' guilds: Christmas, Carnival, the popinjay shoot and the May Count celebrations. There follows an analysis of specific aspects of the festivals: spatial contexts, finances, food and drink, entertainment (dances, jousts, games), customs and rituals.

Medieval Studies and Ritual

More Info: 374 pages, maps, b-w ill.

Presents the history of an elite association - the Great Guild of the merchants - from the Middle Ages until 1920, and discusses the arhcitectural history of the guild hall

History, Art History, and Medieval Studies

More Info: Co-authored with Ivar Leimus, Rein Loodus, Marta Männisalu and Mariann Raisma. 528 pages. Extensive summary in English

Discusses the festive culture in medieval cities of Livonia (mainly Riga, Tallinn, and Tartu)

Medieval Studies

More Info: 552 pages, maps and illustrations

Introduces the life and production of a Baltic German goldsmith Joseph Kopf (1867-1930)

Art History

More Info: Co-authored with Kaalu Kirme. 208 pages, parallel text in German and Estonian, richly illustrated

Art History and Medieval Studies

More Info: 96 pages, colour ill., exhibition catalogue, parallel text in English and Estonian

Art History, Liturgy, Medieval Studies, and Medieval Archaeology

More Info: 272 pages, in Estonian, with a summary in English, 124 colour and b-w illustrations, includes a catalogue

Medieval Studies

More Info: Co-authored with Tiina Kala and Juhan Kreem; 326 pages, in Estonian

Art History and Medieval Archaeology

More Info: Co-authored with Kersti Markus and Tiina-Mall Kreem. 240 pages, English summary, richly illustrated

Introduces the former silver collections of Tallinn guilds and the Brotherhood of the Black Heads as well as church silver from the 15th c. until c. 1940.

Art History

More Info: 238 pages, parallel text in English, German and Estonian, richly illustrated

Art History and Medieval Art

More Info: Co-authored with Kaur Alttoa, Eve Alttoa and Krista Kodres

Medieval History

The article discusses five late medieval reliefs in the former chapel of the Kuressaare (Ger. Arensburg) castle, depicting the insignia and coats of arms of high ecclesiastics. Three of them belong together, depicting... more abstractThe article discusses five late medieval reliefs in the former chapel of the Kuressaare (Ger. Arensburg) castle, depicting the insignia and coats of arms of high ecclesiastics. Three of them belong together, depicting from left to right: a) episcopal insignia and the coat of arms of Bishop Johannes IV Kievel (r. 1515–1527), b) the eagle of St John the Evangelist – the symbol of the Saare-Lääne (Ger. Ösel-Wiek) Bishopric, and c) episcopal insignia and the coat of arms of Bishop Johannes III Orgas (r. 1492–1515). The reliefs are made of local Kaarma limestone and they were most likely commissioned by Bishop Johannes Kievel, whose coat of arms is situated heraldically on the right side of the composition, i.e. in the most significant place. the relief in the North-East wall does not depict episcopal but papal insignia: the tiara and the crossed keys. Thus far, the coat of arms below these had not been identified. However, the charges on the field – five balls, in chief a larger one with three fleurs-de lis – point to the famous Medici family. The shape of the shield is characteristic of the first decades of the sixteenth century. Thus, the coat of arms belongs to the first pope from the Medici family – Leo X (r. 1513–1521). The relief is also made of Kaarma limestone and most probably commissioned by Bishop Kievel. There could be various reasons for including the Pope’s coat of arms in the spatial programme of the chapel: first, Kievel, who had been in Rome in 1513, could have had personal relations to the curia; second, the emblem of the Pope could help to legitimate the power of the local bishop, added social prestige and expressed loyalty to the Holy See.

Medieval Art

The medieval furnishings of St Olaf’s Church in Tallinn have not been preserved, with the exception of a 15th-century silver seal and some fragmentary tombstones. In this article, the interior of the church is mainly ... more abstractThe medieval furnishings of St Olaf’s Church in Tallinn have not been preserved, with the exception of a 15th-century silver seal and some fragmentary tombstones. In this article, the interior of the church is mainly reconstructed and analysed on the basis of documentary evidence. The following objects are discussed: side altars, statues of saints, pews, liturgical vessels and vestments, the organ, stained glass windows and tombstones. The information on the side altars is reviewed in a chronological order, from the 14th century, when the first references to the side altars are available, to the Reformation in 1524/25. Whenever possible, the founders of the altars and chantries, the subsequent holders of the right of patronage, and the later supporters are ascertained.

Medieval Church History and Medieval Art

Publication Date: Dec 2014

Publication Name: Acta Historica Tallinnensia, vol. 20, 2014, pp. 3-50

The article discusses three late medieval grave slabs in Estonia, which are decorated with full figures and represent ecclesiastics of different ranks. By examining their visual appearance, including the inscriptions ... more abstractThe article discusses three late medieval grave slabs in Estonia, which are decorated with full figures and represent ecclesiastics of different ranks. By examining their visual appearance, including the inscriptions and coats of arms, some of the general trends in the production and decoration of local tombstones can be outlined and a contribution made to the discussion of the role of such monuments in the late medieval culture of commemoration. One of the slabs, actually a fragment, came to light during the archaeological excavations of the Tartu Cathedral in 2008. Its inscription added a completely new name to the list of clerics known from medieval Tartu. The monument belonged to the vicar Stephanus de Velde, who died in 1428 or 1438. The others two grave slabs are located in the Cathedral of Tallinn. One of them, belonging to an unidentified bishop, can be dated to the first third of the 16th century. The other marks the grave of Georgius (Jurgen) Bardin, a canon in the Tallinn and Saare-Lääne (Ösel-Wiek) dioceses, who died in May 1525. An important function of these monuments was to be a witness to status. The identity of the deceased was perpetuated through the proper attire and symbols, but also through the family coat of arms and the name and occupation stated in the inscription. The large and elaborately decorated grave slabs were prestigious objects, which were meant not only to mark the tomb but also to visually commemorate the deceased, to invite the viewers to contemplate on death, salvation and resurrection, and to evoke intercessory prayers.

Medieval History, Commemoration and Memory, Medieval Art, Christian Iconography, and Sepulchral art

Publication Date: Oct 2014

Publication Name: Baltic Journal of Art History, vol. 7, 2014

This article discusses the cult and visual representation of St Maurice in late medieval Livonia (i.e. present day Estonia and Latvia), set in the broader context of the Baltic Sea region. The main, but not the only, ... more abstractThis article discusses the cult and visual representation of St Maurice in late medieval Livonia (i.e. present day Estonia and Latvia), set in the broader context of the Baltic Sea region. The main, but not the only, promoters of his cult were the confraternities of the Black Heads – associations of journeyman merchants, existing in the three largest Livonian Hanse towns from the early fifteenth century onwards. The aim of the article is to offer explanations about why these associations chose warrior saints as their identity markers and why St Maurice figured so prominently among them.

Medieval urban history and Cult of Saints

Publication Date: 2014

Publication Name: Ikonographisk Post. Nordisk tidskrift för ikonografi / Nordic Review of Iconography, No. 1, 2014, pp. 56-75

"The article reviews the studies of Mai Lumiste (1932-1985) of the Netherlandish Passion Altarpiece (c. 1510-1515), attributed to Adriaen Isenbrant or Albert Cornelis, and exhibited in the Niguliste Museum in Tallinn.... more abstract"The article reviews the studies of Mai Lumiste (1932-1985) of the Netherlandish Passion Altarpiece (c. 1510-1515), attributed to Adriaen Isenbrant or Albert Cornelis, and exhibited in the Niguliste Museum in Tallinn. Then the social and liturgical context of the altarpiece is discussed, with a special focus on the commissioners of later overpaintings. The questions to be addressed are: Would the original iconographic programme with four Franciscan saints have suited the context of late medieval Tallinn? Which altar in Tallinn was the overpainted altarpiece meant for? Who were Euert van der Lippe and Johan van Grest, and what was the connection between them? How did the altarpiece become a possession of the mintmaster Urban Dene? What was the connection between Dene and Heinrich Bock? When and why were their mid-sixteenth century figures overpainted? What can recent technical studies reveal about the coats of arms and donors found beneath the visible ones? All this is relevant for an understanding of the role of family ties and personal networks in the commissioning of art in the late medieval and the early modern eras, as well as for a better understanding of the nature of changes made to this altarpiece over the centuries."

Medieval urban history, Medieval Art, Medieval Iconography, and Flemish Altarpiece

Publication Date: Dec 2013

Publication Name: In: Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi / Studies on Art and Architecture, vol. 22, no. 3-4 (2013), pp. 115-148

Medieval History and Medieval urban history

Publication Date: Nov 2013

Publication Name: Guilds, Towns, and Cultural Transmission in the North, 1300-1500, ed. by Lars Bisgaard, Lars Boje Mortensen and Tom Pettitt. Odense: University Press of Southern Denmark, 2013, pp. 229-250.

Medieval History, Medieval Women, Commemoration and Memory, and Medieval Art

Publication Date: Dec 2013

Publication Name: in: Tuna (Past), no. 4, 2013, pp. 26-35 (summary on p. 154)

Gender Studies, Women's Studies, Medieval History, Ritual, Medieval urban history, and 3 more

Publication Date: Oct 2013

Publication Name: Images and Objects in Ritual Practices in Medieval and Early Modern Northern and Central Europe, ed. by Krista Kodres and Anu Mänd, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013, pp. 239-273

Medieval urban history, Medieval Women, Commemoration and Memory, and Medieval Art

More Info: In: Forschungen zur Baltischen Geschichte, 8 (2013), pp. 11-39

Medieval urban history, Saints' Cults, and Medieval Art

More Info: In: Art, Cult and Patronage: Die Visuelle Kultur im Ostseeraum zur Zeit Bernt Notkes, ed. by Anu Mänd and Uwe Albrecht. Kiel: Ludwig, 2013, pp. 119-141, ill. pp. 250-263

Art History, Applied Arts, and Silver

More Info: In: Mänd, A. Kuldna-Türkson, K. (Eds). Alur Reinansi kunstikogu / The Alur Reinans Collection. Tallinn: Eesti Kunstimuuseum, 2012, pp. 39-289.

Medieval History, Medieval Studies, Medieval urban history, Medieval Church History, and Medieval Art

More Info: Published in: Baltic Journal of Art History, Autumn 2012, pp. 43-80

Medieval Studies, Material culture of religion, Medieval urban history, Medieval Women, and Commemoration and Memory

More Info: Published in: Tuna. Ajalookultuuri ajakiri, 3 (2012), 6-29. In Estonian, summary in English

Art History, Medieval Studies, Ritual, Medieval Women, and Commemoration and Memory

More Info: Published in: Acta Historica Tallinnensia 16, 2011, pp 3–30

Publisher: eap.ee

Publication Date: Jan 1, 2011

Publication Name: Acta Historica Tallinnensia

Medieval Studies and Medieval urban history

More Info: Published in: Jörg Hackmann (Ed./Hg.), Vereinskultur und Zivilgesellschaft in Nordosteuropa. Regionale Spezifik und europäische Zusammenhänge / Associational Culture and Civil Society in North Eastern Europe. Regional Features and the European Context. Wien, Köln, Weimar: Böhlau, 2012, pp. 39–76

Medieval Studies and Medieval urban history

More Info: In: Quellen zur europäischen Spitalgeschichte ..., pp. 541–562

Publication Date: 2010

Publication Name: Quellen zur europäischen Spitalgeschichte in Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit / Sources for the History of Hospitals in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, ed. by Martin Scheutz, Andrea Sommerlechner, Herwig Weigl, Alfred Stefan Weiß. Wien: Böhlau; München: Oldenbourg, 2010

Hagiography, Medieval Studies, Medieval urban history, and Cult of Saints

More Info: Published in: The Clash of Cultures on the Medieval Baltic Frontier, ed. by Alan V. Murray. Farnham: Ashgate, 2009, 191–223

Medieval Studies

More Info: Published in: Annual of Medieval Studies at CEU, vol. 15 (2009), 221–230

Art History, Medieval Studies, and Medieval Iconography

More Info: Published in: Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi / Studies on Art and Architecture, 1–2 [18], 2009, pp. 7–40

Art History, Medieval Studies, and Medieval Iconography

More Info: Published in: Maasta, kivestä ja hengestä / Earth, Stone and Spirit: Markus Hiekkanen Festschrift, ed. by Hanna-Maria Pellinen. Turku, Helsinki, 2009, pp. 360–366

Art History, Medieval Studies, and Material culture of religion

More Info: Published in: Art and the Church: Religious Art and Architecture in the Baltic Region in the 13th–18th Centuries, ed. by K. Kodres, M. Kurisoo. (Estonian Academy of Arts Proceedings, 18). Tallinn 2008, pp. 82–103

Medieval Studies and Medieval urban history

More Info: Published in: Rund um die Meere des Nordens. Festschrift für Hain Rebas, hrsg. von M. Engelbrecht, U. Hanssen, D. Höffker. Heide: Verlag Boyens Medien, 2008, 175–187

Art History, Medieval Studies, and Medieval Iconography

More Info: Published in: Acta Historiae Artium Balticae, 2 (2007), 35–53

Medieval Studies

More Info: Published in: Tuna. Ajalookultuuri ajakiri, 3 (2007), 70–86

Medieval Studies and Medieval urban history

More Info: Published in: Mitteilungen des Instituts für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung, 115/3–4 (2007), 234–270

Medieval Studies, Medieval Art, and Medieval Iconography

More Info: Published in: Bilder i marginalen. Nordiska studier i medeltidens konst / Images in the Margins. Nordic Studies in Medieval Art. Ed. by Kersti Markus. Tallinn: Argo, 2006, 305–320

Medieval Studies and Medieval urban history

More Info: Published in: Riga und der Ostseeraum: Von der Gründung 1201 bis in die Frühe Neuzeit. Ed. by I. Misans, H. Wernicke. Marburg: Verlag Herder-Institut, 2005, pp. 223-238

Medieval Studies and Medieval urban history

More Info: Published in: Modus vivendi II. Vana Tallinn XVI (XX). Tallinn, 2005, pp. 129–157

Medieval Studies

More Info: Published in: Medium Aevum Quotidianum, 50 (2004), 5–12

Medieval Studies, Ritual, Medieval urban history, and Medieval Drama

More Info: Published in: Medieval English Theatre, vol. 23 for 2001. Edited by Meg Twycross. Lancaster: Lancaster University, 2002, 17–33

Medieval Studies, Ritual, Medieval urban history, and Rituals and Symbols (Medieval)

More Info: Published in: Die Strasse: Zur Funktion und Perzeption öffentlichen Raums im späten Mittelalter. Ed. by/Hrsg. Gerhard Jaritz. Wien: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2001, 167–181

Art History, Medieval Studies, Medieval urban history, and 16th Century Netherlandish Art

More Info: Published in: Michel Sittow 1469–1525. The Artist connecting Estonia with the Southern Netherlands. Edited by Tiina Abel. Tallinn: Eesti Kunstimuuseum, 2001, 3–13

Art History, Material culture of religion, and Medieval Iconography

More Info: Published in: Eesti kunstisidemed Madalmaadega 15.–17. sajandil / Die Kunstbeziehungen Estlands mit den Niederlanden in den 15.–17. Jahrhunderten. Hrsg. von Tiina Abel, Anu Mänd, Reet Rast. Tallinn: Eesti Kunstimuuseum, 2000, pp. 219–227 (Estonian), 228–238 (German).

Medieval Studies and Medieval urban history

More Info: Published in: Medium Aevum Quotidianum 41 (1999), 43–93

Material Culture Studies, Medieval Studies, and Medieval urban history

More Info: Published in: Baltic Journal of Art History, Spring 2010, pp. 117–138

Medieval History, Medieval Studies, Ritual, and Medieval urban history

More Info: Published in: The Man of Many Devices, Who Wandered Full Many Ways: Festschrift in Honor of János M. Bak. Ed. by Balázs Nagy and Marcell Sebök. Budapest: CEU Press, 1999, 281–293

Art History, Medieval Studies, and Material culture of religion

Publication Date: Jan 1, 2011

Publication Name: Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi

Art History, Medieval Studies, and Material culture of religion

Publication Date: Jan 1, 2011

Publication Name: Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi

Medieval Studies and Medieval urban history

More Info: Published in: European Medieval Drama, vol. 6 (2002). Ed. by Jelle Koopmans and Bart Ramakers. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2003, 83–98

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Publication Date: Jan 1, 2003

Publication Name: European Medieval Drama

Iconography, Art History, Medieval Studies, Medieval urban history, and Medieval Iconography

More Info: Published in: Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi / Studies on Art and Architecture, 1–2 [18], 2009, pp 7–40

Publisher: ceeol.com

Publication Date: Jan 1, 2009

Publication Name: Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi

Iconography, Art History, and Medieval Iconography

More Info: Published in: Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi / Studies on Art and Architecture, 21/1–2 (2012), pp 231–246

Publication Date: Jan 1, 2012

Publication Name: Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi

Iconography, Art History, Medieval Studies, and Medieval Iconography

More Info: Published in: Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi / Studies on Art and Architecture, 21/1–2 (2012), pp 231–246

Publication Date: Jan 1, 2012

Publication Name: Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi

Iconography, Art History, Medieval Studies, Medieval urban history, and Medieval Iconography

More Info: Published in: Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi / Studies on Art and Architecture, 3–4 [12], 2003, pp. 9–29

Publication Date: Jan 1, 2003

Publication Name: Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi

Art History, Medieval Studies, and Medieval Iconography

More Info: Published in: Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi / Studies on Art and Architecture, 1–2 (2007), 173–190

Medieval Studies and Medieval urban history

More Info: Published in: Acta Historica Tallinnensia, 9 (2005), 165–186

Publication Date: Jan 1, 2005

Publication Name: The members of the Grosse gilde and social career of …

Medieval Studies, Medieval urban history, and Guilds

More Info: Co-authored with Tiina Kala and Juhan Kreem. Published in: Tallinna Mustpead: Mustpeade vennaskonna ajaloost ja varadest / Die Revaler Schwarzenhäupter: Geschichte und Schätze der Bruderschaft der Schwarzenhäupter, pp. 11–16 (Estonian), 61–66 (German)

Publication Date: Jan 1, 1999

Publication Name: Tallinna Mustpead: Mustpeade vennaskonna ajaloost ja varadest / Die Revaler Schwarzenhäupter: Geschichte und Schätze der Bruderschaft der Schwarzenhäupter. Hrsg. v. J. Kreem, U. Oolup. Tallinn: Tallinna Linnaarhiiv, 1999

Medieval Studies and Medieval urban history

More Info: Published in: Die Stadt im europäischen Nordosten: Kulturbeziehungen von der Ausbreitung Lübischen Rechts bis zur Aufklärung. Ed. by Robert Schweitzer, Waltraud Bastman-Bühner. Helsinki, Lübeck: Aue-Stiftung 2001, pp. 95–130.