The Curonians (also called Kursi, Latvian Kurši) are one of the extinct Baltic tribes that later formed the Latvian nation. They gave their name to the nation of Courland, and to the modern Latvian province of Kurzeme. The Baltic Sea The Balts or Baltic peoples are a group of Indo-European tribes who settled the area between lower Vistula and upper Dvina and Dneper. ... Map Kurland, Courland, Couronia, Curonia, Kurzeme a former Baltic province of the Teutonic Order state in Livonia (ca. ... Courland, Kurland, Couronia, or Curonia, a former Baltic province of the Teutonic Order state in Livonia (ca. ...

The Curonians were known as fierce warriors, and were involved in several wars and alliances with Swedish, Danish and Icelandic Vikings. Chapter 46 of Egils Saga describes one Viking expedition by the Vikings Thorolf and Egill Skallagrímsson in Courland. The name Viking is a loan from the native Scandinavian term for the Norse seafaring warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, Europe and the British Isles from the late 8th century to the 11th century, the period of European history referred to as the Viking Age. ... Egill Skallagrímsson in a 17th century manuscript of Egils Saga Egils saga is an epic Icelandic saga attributed to Snorri Sturluson about Egill Skallagrímsson, an Icelandic viking and skald. ... The name Viking is a loan from the native Scandinavian term for the Norse seafaring warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, Europe and the British Isles from the late 8th century to the 11th century, the period of European history referred to as the Viking Age. ... Picture of Egill in a 17th century manuscript of Egils Saga Egill Skallagrímsson (also Egill Skalla-Grímsson) was a viking and a skald. ...

The Curonians were one of the last Latvian peoples to accept Christianity, although pagan customs were continued after the 19th century. Some of the most important writing sources about the Curonians are the Henrici Chronicon Livoniae, the Livländische Reimschronike, well as the Egils Saga and the Saxo Grammaticus Gesta Danorum. The Chronicle of Henry of Livonia (Latvian: IndriÄ·a hronika, Latin: Heinrici Cronicon Lyvoniae, Estonian: Läti Henriku kroonika) is a historic document describing the history of Latvia and Estonia from 1180 to 1227. ... Egill Skallagrímsson in a 17th century manuscript of Egils Saga Egils saga is an epic Icelandic saga attributed to Snorri Sturluson about Egill Skallagrímsson, an Icelandic viking and skald. ... Saxo, etching by the Danish-Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe (1857 – 1945) Saxo Grammaticus (estimated. ... Bishop Asgar, etching by the Danish-Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe (1857—1945) Gesta Danorum (Deeds of the Danes) is a work of Danish history, by 12th century author Saxo Grammaticus (Saxo the Grammarian). It is the most ambitious literary undertaking of medieval Denmark. ...