Karsten Brüggemann, Detlef Henning, Konrad Maier, Ralph Tuchtenhagen (Hrsg.). Das Baltikum. Geschichte einer europäischen Region. Band 1: Von der Vor- und Frühgeschichte bis zum Ende des Mittelalters. Stuttgart: Hiersemann Verlag, 2018; Karsten Brüggemann, Detlef Henning, Ralph Tuchtenhagen (Hrsg.). Das Baltikum. Geschichte einer europäischen Region. Band 2: Vom Beginn der Frühen Neuzeit bis zum Gründung der modernen Staaten. Stuttgart: Hiersemann Verlag,

Abstract

With this publication, the German-reading public has acquired a rather sizeable, three-volume addition to their library that helps them to learn more about the Baltic and its history. The work is written on a high academic level, with extensive reference material. The reader is acquainted with the territories of the three present-day Baltic states from pre-history to the present day, when their statehood has been restored. Among the authors are respectable German historians as well as their colleagues from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Poland. Among other things, the three volumes could serve as an impetus to Latvian historians, signalling that it is high time to write and publish our own academic history based on the latest research findings.