(from the article `Baltic states`) During the early Middle Ages the Finno-Ugrians who subsequently became Estonians lived in eight recognizable independent districts and four lesser ... Meinhard, a monk from Holstein, landed in 1180 on what is now the Latvian coast and for 16 years preached Christianity to the Livs, a Finno-Ugric ... ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/62