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Medieval Animation: The Founding of Lithuania’s capital Vilnius

Medievalists.net — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 06:11:45 +0000

Created in 1990 by the Lithuanian Animated Film Studio, this film tells the mythological tale of the founding of Medieval Lithuanian capital Vilnius.

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The Legal Status of Female Guardians in 1530s Lithuania

Medievalists.net — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:53:57 +0000

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.

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Slaves, Money Lenders, and Prisoner Guards: The Jews and the Trade in Slaves and Captives in the Crimean Khanate

Medievalists.net — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 07:50:33 +0000

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.

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Saints’ Cults in Medieval Livonia

Medievalists.net — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 23:06:50 +0000

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.

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The Battle of Tannenberg in 1410: Strategic Interests and Tactical Implementation

Medievalists.net — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:16:33 +0000

On July 15, 1410 the united Polish-Lithuanian Army destroyed the army of the Teutonic Order in the Battle of Tannenberg.

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The Amber Trail in early medieval Eastern Europe.

Medievalists.net — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 15:47:09 +0000

The standard method employed in characterization studies of amber, namely infrared spectrography, can discriminate roughly between Baltic amber and amber from other European sources...

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Reflection of European Sarmatia in Early Cartography

Medievalists.net — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:50:25 +0000

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.

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A defence installation of the developing Lithuanian state

Medievalists.net — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 18:33:39 +0000

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.

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The Road of a Thousand Years

Medievalists.net — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 23:22:29 +0000

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.

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On the Origin of the Name of Lithuania

Medievalists.net — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 21:43:20 +0000

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

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