Created in 1990 by the Lithuanian Animated Film Studio, this film tells the mythological tale of the founding of Medieval Lithuanian capital Vilnius.
The Legal Status of Female Guardians in 1530s Lithuania
September 15, 2014 By
The office of guardianship was clearly needed in the society of sixteenth-century Lithuania. The comparatively short average life expectancy meant that quite a great number of children lost one or both of their parents before reaching majority, and thus had to receive some sort of protection.
Slaves, Money Lenders, and Prisoner Guards: The Jews and the Trade in Slaves and Captives in the Crimean Khanate
August 20, 2014 By
Trade in slaves and captives was one of the most important (if not the most important) sources of income of the Crimean Khanate in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries.
Saints’ Cults in Medieval Livonia
August 3, 2014 By
Saints’ cults played a crucial role in medieval society. Although we know very little about the beliefs and rituals of the indigenous peoples of Livonia, either before or after the thirteenth-century conquest, we may assume that the process of Christianization must have caused major changes in their religious practices.
The Battle of Tannenberg in 1410: Strategic Interests and Tactical Implementation
October 12, 2012 By
On July 15, 1410 the united Polish-Lithuanian Army destroyed the army of the Teutonic Order in the Battle of Tannenberg.
The Amber Trail in early medieval Eastern Europe.
September 30, 2012 By
The standard method employed in characterization studies of amber, namely infrared spectrography, can discriminate roughly between Baltic amber and amber from other European sources…
Reflection of European Sarmatia in Early Cartography
August 23, 2012 By
While looking for the origins of the state of Lithuania, it is the study of old maps that helps solve a number of riddles, so far weighing on the history of our nation. Historical data, traced in maps and their images, unrestricted by any political, religious or pseudo- scientific taboos, allow us to cast a broad view on the dim and distant past of our state.
A defence installation of the developing Lithuanian state
August 5, 2012 By
This defence installation from the 12th and 13th centuries belongs to the most important fortified area of the newly developing Lithuanian state. It extended about 50 kilometres from east to west, and was built as a defence against the Polotsk-Pskov duchies and the Livonian Order.
The Road of a Thousand Years
June 23, 2012 By
Zigmantas Kiaupa is Professor of History at the Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas and Senior Researcher at the History Institute in Vilnius. He is editor-in-chief of the history annual “Lietuvos istorijos metraštis” and author of several books and numerous articles.
On the Origin of the Name of Lithuania
June 23, 2012 By
Tomas Baranauskas is on the staff of the History Institute in Vilnius and teaches at the Vilnius Pedagogical University. He is the author of Lietuvos valstybės ištakos (Vilnius: 2000) and mainains a web site www.istorija.net
Formation and Transformations of Dynastic Ties between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland from 1386–1501
June 23, 2012 By
JŪRATĖ KIAUPIENĖ is Senior Researcher at the Institute of Lithuanian History, Vilnius, Head of the Section on the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Professor of History at the Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas. She published numerous books and articles on this subject.
The Turning Point in the Battle of Tannenberg (Grunwald/Žalgiris) in 1410
June 22, 2012 By
SVEN EKDAHL is Assistant Professor of History at Gothenburg University and Professor of Medieval History at the Polish-Scandinavian Research Institute in Copenhagen. He has published extensively on the history of the Teutonic Order in Prussia as well as treated Polish, Baltic, and Scandinavian themes.
Colonizing the Landscape: A Case Study of Medieval Livonia
June 10, 2012 By
There are several impulses which led me to the history of medieval landscape, and particularly that of Medieval Livonia. When discussing with Gerhard Jaritz the availability of medieval primary sources on the Eastern Baltic landscape, I was obliged to point out the extreme scarcity of medieval picture images, illuminated manuscripts or maps of Livonia.
Mobilisation of the European Periphery against the Mongols
July 21, 2011 By
I related how, according to the Novgorod Chronicles, newly arrived crusaders, together with the Sword Brothers, allied themselves with the Russian-Orthodox Pskovites before they went on to their crushing defeat at the hands of the Lithuanians at Saule in September 1236.
W PRZEŹROCZU SYMBOLU GRUNWALDZKIEGO
July 16, 2011 By
W PRZEŹROCZU SYMBOLU GRUNWALDZKIEGO Lisowska, Kinga , Marchlewski, Szymon Pracownia Wydawnicza „ElSet”, Olsztyn (2010) Abstract „W przeźroczu symbolu grunwaldzkiego” to polsko-litewski projekt, który został zrealizowany w ramach Programu „Grunwald” Narodowe- go Centrum Kultury od 15 kwietnia do 15 grudnia 2010 r. przez Pol- skie Towarzystwo Historyczne Oddział w Olsztynie, Wydział Humani- styczny Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie oraz Sekcję Studencką […]
Na znak świetnego zwycięstwa
July 16, 2011 By
Na znak świetnego zwycięstwa Ostrowski, Jan Wawel: Grunwald 1410-2010,Dodatek Specjalny, 29 Kwietnia (2010) Abstract 8 maja roku 1410 Władysław Jagiełło wyruszył z Wawelu na wojenny pochód, który miał go zaprowadzić pod Grunwald. 5 lipca 1410 r. sto- czono sławną bitwę. 25 listopada 1411 roku chorągwie zdobyte na Krzyżakach zostały złożone przy grobie św. Stani- sława w […]
The Charge of Polish Knights and Infantry at the Battle of Grunwald
July 16, 2011 By
The battle of Tannenberg (Grunwald) in 1410
July 15, 2011 By
The battle of Tannenberg (Grunwald) in 1410 By Dmetrius Dviochenko de Markov From Crecy to Mohacs: Warfare in the Late Middle Ages (1346-1526): 22nd Colloquium of the International Commission of Military History (Vienna, 1997) Introduction: In 1386, following the dynastic agreement of Krewo of 1385, the Grand Prince of Lithuania, Olgerd (Olgirdas), was succeeded by […]
Henry Monte and the Prussian Rising of 1260
March 7, 2011 By
Henry Monte and the Prussian Rising of 1260 Urban, William (Monmouth College) LITHUANIAN QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, Volume 24, No.2 – Summer (1978) Abstract Little is known about the greatest hero of the Prussian rebellion of 1260, the man who led his people for twelve years against the Teutonic Knights and their crusader allied […]
The Prussian-Lithuanian Frontier of 1242
February 13, 2011 By
The Prussian-Lithuanian Frontier of 1242 Urban, William LITHUANIAN QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, Volume 21, No.4 – Winter (1975) Abstract Although the Teutonic Knights had not come into contact with the Lithuanians until 1242, except in Kurland, already their organization of frontier defense in Prussia showed they were aware that the Lithuanians would most likely […]
The Conversion of Lithuania 1387
February 13, 2011 By
The foundation of the bishopric in Vilnius in 1387, marked by the presence of Jogaila (1350-1434) to assist in teaching the fundamental tenets of the faith, was a decisive, moment in the history of the Lithuanian people. I
WITCHES IN BALTIC FAIRY TALES
January 4, 2011 By
WITCHES IN BALTIC FAIRY TALES Gliwa, Bernd Onomasiology Online 4 (2003) Abstract The following article discusses names for witches in Lithuanian and Latvian fairy tales. For Lith. ragana, Latv. ragana the common etymological reconstruction *‘seeress’ is rejected. Instead, Balt. *ragana is derived from Balt. *rag- ‘to raise, rise’ < I.-E. *re -,*ro – ‘to move straight, […]
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Retrospective of Comparative Historical Sociology of Empire
December 23, 2010 By
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Retrospective of Comparative Historical Sociology of Empire By Zenonas Norkus World Political Science Review, Vol.3 No.4 (2007) Abstract: The article discusses the problem that was recently raised in Lithuanian historical literature and public discourse by G. Beresneviˇcius, A. Bumblauskas, S.C. Rowell: was the medieval Lithuanian state (Grand Duchy of […]
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