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The Noblewoman’s Court in the Sixteenth-Century Grand Duchy of Lithuania [PDF]
Lithuanian Historical Studies, 2003 Drawing on an extant list of courtiers (1552) of the wife of the starosta of Žemaitija, references in correspondence, posthumous property inventories and individual pieces of legislation, the present article aims to illustrate the generalized composition of sixteenth-century noblewomen’s court in the GDL, and the functions of those attached to such ...
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Aspects of the Epigraphic Culture of Cannon Inscriptions during the Reign of Sigismund Augustus
Knygotyra, 2021 Any object marked with epigraphic writing becomes unique in the totality of the same objects and acquires the status of a monument. In the 16th century, cannons were also marked with inscriptions (texts and images): some were created for warfare, others –
Kšištof Tolkačevski
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Ethno-Religious Heritage of Former Eastern Territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in Contemporary Poland [PDF]
, 2013 The main objective of this paper is to present the national and religious heritage of the Eastern Borderlands in contemporary Poland. The paper deals with the genesis and selected aspects of the spatial development of the ethnic and religious minorities (
Rykała, Andrzej
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Architecture of Jesuit Churches in the Former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1564–1773 [PDF]
, 2018 The article presents the history and accomplishments of Jesuit architecture in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from the late sixteenth to the late eighteenth century.
Betlej, Andrzej
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Another Word for Uncertainty: Anti-Semitism in Modern Lithuania [PDF]
, 2006 Lithuania can take pride in its historical legacy of ethnical, religious and cultural diversity during the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish-Lithuanian Union.
Leonidas Donskis
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CULTURAL TERRITORIALIZATION: THE CASE OF GRAND DUCHY OF LITHUANIA
CREATIVITY STUDIES, 2010 The article deals with the dialectics of territorialization, deterritorialization and reterritorialization in the context of cultural regionalistics. The author shows how changing the roles between these modes of terra dynamics influences the becoming of culture interpreted as existential creation.
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From the Darkness of Prison into the Light of Freedom
Lietuvos Istorijos Studijos, 2022 Apie Antano Petrilionio disertaciją „Belaisviai Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės ir Vokiečių ordino karuose (XIV–XV amžiai)“ ir jos gynimą / On Antanas Petrilionis’ Thesis „Prisoners of War of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Order (14th–
Karolis Čižauskas
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Reception of Classical Literary Genres in the 18th-century Latin Occasional Literature of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania [PDF]
, 2014 The circumstances that caused the development and functioning of Latin occasional literature in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were of dual character: the theoretical background for the rise and development of occasional literature was formed by the Jesuit
Vaškelienė, Asta
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All The Grand Duke’s Lenders: Creditors of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1555 to 1569
Lithuanian Historical Studies, 2022 This article gives an analysis of the borrowing statistics of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania for the early part of the Livonian War (1555–1569), until the Union of Lublin, and the social characteristics of the people and groups of people who became the most prominent lenders. The borrowing in question was conducted via pledge lordships.
Šedvydis, Laurynas +1 more
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Journal of Language and Cultural Education, 2023 This article analyses anthropomorphic characteristics of death, specifically the mega-metaphor DEATH IS A LIVING BEING, manifested in the 16th-17th Century Latin mourning poetry by Vilnius Academy students. Employing the Metaphor Identification Procedure
Šarkauskienė Skirmantė +2 more
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