"The theologian and historian G. Ceipe in this book invites the reader to look at the history of the Latvian people with other eyes, paying particular attention to the processes of formation of Latvia as a nation of culture. The first half of the 18th century was chosen as the reference point when Latvians from Vidzeme became involved in the Brotherhood or in the movement of the Hellenic revival, founded in the first independent Latvian organizations. "