| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 337 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), plans |
| Contents |
Vytautas creating his own image -- The fifteenth century : shaping of the image -- The early-modern image of Vytautas -- Image and image |
| Summary |
How does a ruler become "the Great"? Is greatness a part of authority exercised or a part of an image created? These and other questions are addressed in this volume on the life and memory of Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania (r.1392-1430). The study raises a hypothesis that Vytautas was the main engineer of his image as the great ruler while his contemporaries and later generations developed this image and adapted it to their needs and understandings. Investigating the propaganda surrounding the grand duke, this study reveals that, in fact, there were two opposite images: that of a good ruler and that of a tyrant. The paradox is that frequently these opposites were based on the same features of the grand duke's character or episodes from his biography. The research is based on a wide array of written and visual sources as well as on records of oral tradition |
| Analysis |
14th century, 15th century, Biography, Historiography, Kings and rulers, Lithuania, Memory politics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-327) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, 1350-1430.
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| SUBJECT |
Vytautas
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Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, 1350-1430 fast |
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Witold (Litauen, Großfürst) swd |
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Pariser Friedenskonferenz 1919-1920 Paris Polish Delegation gnd |
| Subject |
HISTORY.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Medieval.
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Kings and rulers
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| SUBJECT |
Lithuania -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
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| Subject |
Lithuania
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Litauen
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1429413433 |
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9781429413435 |
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1281376779 |
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9781281376770 |
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9637326561 |
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9789637326561 |
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9786155211072 |
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6155211078 |
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