Bringing up children in 16-17th century Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The ways of bringing up children depended on the social status of a family in the Grand Duchy of...
Papermaking in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Paper mills, their key characteristic being the use of water energy, were an important element of the...
Written documents in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania oral culture
Pre-Christian Lithuania was a land of oral culture. Peter of Dusburg, the chronicler of the German...
Journeys of diplomatic missions of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to Moscow at the end of the 15th – the 16th centuries
After the State of Moscow, which grew into the Russian Empire in later ages, became the centre of...
Alfonso Salmerón, the First Jesuit in Vilnius
The Spaniard Alfonso Salmerón (1515–1585) was one of the closest companions of Ignatius Loyola, the...
The Chmelnitsky Uprising and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
In early 1648, a Cossack uprising led by Bogdan Chmelnitsky broke out in Polish-ruled Ukraine, which...
Cartography of a private domain: the 1645 map of the Duchy of Biržai
European cartography experienced a considerable rise in the 16th and the first half of the 17th...
Food in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
In the 13th and 14th centuries, both pagans and Christians suffered from starvation because the lack...
Pilėnai and Margiris
Pilėnai is a place that looms over the landscape of Lithuanian history. It is a place shrouded in...
The mythology of the Battle of Saulė
The raid of the Christian army against Lithuania in 1236 was dictated by the political circumstances...
How Lithuania helped shape Sweden’s elegance
Politics is the new black, regardless of which one you choose, fictional or real. Just as many...
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