negotiations: though a peasant had offered it to the Czar's agent, the Pope had vetoed the exportation; he relented only when the Czar proposed to exchange it with the relics of Bridget of Sweden; they were in Revel, today called Tallinn, which the Russians had just conquered.
negotiations: although a peasant had offered it to the Czar's emissary, the Pope allowed only when the Czar proposed exchanging it with relics from Bridget of Sweden; they were in Revel, now known as Tallinn, which the Russians had recently taken over.