The Icelandic Njal's saga—composed after 1270, but describing events between the years 960 and 1020—mentions an event that occurred somewhere in the area of what is now Tallinn and calls the place Rafala. The toponym, Rafala, was probably a derivation of Rävala, or Revala, or some other variant of the locally used Estonian-language name for the adjacent medieval Estonian county.
revala, also, rävälä, latin, revalia, henry, livonia, revele, danish, census, book, revælæ, ancient, estonian, county, located, northern, estonia, gulf, finland, corresponded, roughly, present, territory, harju, county, conquered, danish, 1219, during, estonia. Revala 1 also Ravala Latin Revalia 2 by Henry of Livonia Revele by Danish Census Book Revaelae was an Ancient Estonian county It was located in northern Estonia by the Gulf of Finland and corresponded roughly to the present territory of Harju County It was conquered by the Danish in 1219 during the Estonian Crusade It also contained the town of Lindanise nowadays known as Tallinn the capital of Estonia RevaliaRevalaCounty of Ancient Estonia9th century 1224Revala within the Ancient EstoniaCapitalLindanisaArea Coordinates59 20 N 25 00 E 59 33 N 25 E 59 33 25 TypeCouncil of EldersHistory Established9th century Disestablished1224Succeeded by Danish Estonia The Icelandic Njal s saga composed after 1270 but describing events between the years 960 and 1020 mentions an event that occurred somewhere in the area of what is now Tallinn and calls the place Rafala The toponym Rafala was probably a derivation of Ravala or Revala or some other variant of the locally used Estonian language name for the adjacent medieval Estonian county Parishes editRebala Ocrielae Vomentakae Vohmataga See also editBattle of Lyndanisse Danish Estonia History of Estonia Harria List of Estonian rulers Livonian Crusade St George s Night UprisingReferences edit Miljan Toivo 2004 Historical Dictionary of Estonia Lanham Md Scarecrow Press p 103 ISBN 0 8108 4904 6 Raun Toivo 2001 Estonia and the Estonians Hoover Press p 11 ISBN 0 8179 2852 9 nbsp This Estonia related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Revala amp oldid 1082663322, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
