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Garlieb Merkel

Born

in Lēdurga, Latvia

October 31, 1769

Died

May 09, 1850

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Garlieb Helwig Merkel was a Baltic German writer and activist and an early Estophile and Lettophile.

Merkel was born into the family of a rural priest in Livonia. From the age of 17, he worked as a tutor for upper-class families. In 1790, he joined the circle of Riga intellectuals. Influenced by the ideas he found there, he published the book Die Letten ("Latvians") in 1794, which described in the darkest terms the life of the peasantry and the atrocities of the Baltic German landowners and called upon the Imperial Russian government to intervene and ameliorate the lot of the Latvian people. The book gained considerable popularity in the German society and was translated into French, Danish and Russian. In 1800, the original German version o ...more

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	Latvieši by Garlieb Merkel, Garlībs Merķelis 3.02 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1797 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vidzemes senatne by Garlieb Merkel, Matīss Kaudzīte (Translator) 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Vēstules kādai sievietei (Sērijas "Avots") 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1991	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Freien Letten Und Esthen 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ueber Deutschland zur Schiller-Goethe-Zeit (1797 bis 1806) (German Edition) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Vorzeit Lieflands: Ein Denkmahl des Pfaffen und Rittergeistes 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Garlieb Merkel Über Deutschland zur Schiller-Goethe-Zeit, 1797 bis 1806 (Classic Reprint) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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