ABSTRACT The article deals with two unsuccessful attempts by non-German craftsmen to gain burgher rights in Riga, which would have entitled them to trade freely and keep taverns. In the early modern period, burghers and non-Germans belonged to two linguistically and legally distinct groups. People who applied for burgher rights represented the wealthy segment of the non-German group. Riga Town Council and the influential German merchants were opposed to the idea of non-Germans joining the ranks of the burghers. Their arguments for preventing it included damage to the burghers’ reputation, the origins of non-Germans, and their lack of trading skills. The situation was also influenced by issues relating to the consolidation of Baltic German society and attempts by the Russian government to improve the integration of the Baltic provinces.

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18 世纪和 19 世纪早期非德国人试图在里加获得市民权利

摘要 本文涉及非德国工匠在里加获得市民权利的两次失败尝试，这将使他们有权自由贸易并开小酒馆。在近代早期，市民和非德国人在语言和法律上属于两个截然不同的群体。申请公民权利的人代表了非德裔群体中的富裕阶层。里加市议会和有影响力的德国商人反对非德国人加入市民行列的想法。他们阻止它的论点包括损害市民的声誉、非德国人的起源以及他们缺乏交易技能。这种情况还受到与波罗的海德国社会的巩固有关的问题以及俄罗斯政府改善波罗的海各省一体化的尝试的影响。