Inflanty Voivodeship, 1620s–1772. The Livonian Voivodeship ( Lithuanian : Livonijos vaivadija ; Polish : Województwo inflanckie ) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Duchy of Livonia , part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , since it was formed in the 1620s out of the Wenden Voivodeship till the First Partition of Poland in 1772.
Livonia (en livonio, Līvõmō; en estonio, Liivimaa; en alemán y lenguas escandinavas: Livland; en letón y en lituano, Livonija; en polaco, Inflanty; en inglés arcaico, Livland, [1] o Liwlandia; en ruso, Лифляндия, Liflyandiya) es la región que anteriormente estuvo habitada por los livonios, pero en la Edad Media vino a designar un territorio mucho más extenso (Terra Mariana ...
Religion in the United States began with the religions and spiritual practices of Native Americans.Later, religion also played a role in the founding of some colonies; many colonists, such as the Puritans, came to escape religious persecution.