Theories about how the vessels and their contents came to be buried on Saaremaa include that they were part of a raiding party against the Oeselians, the original, Finno-Ugric inhabitants of Saaremaa, ...

After all, the Sword Brethren had, in only a few decades of existence, managed to conqueror many similar pagan peoples, including the Semigallians, Selonians, Oeselians, and Curonians. The Sword ...