Materials about the relations of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the Crimean and Kazan Khanates in the years 1537–1538 from the Radziwiłł archive by Polekhov S.V., Moiseev M.V.

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From Territorical Swath to Line - Border: the Alteration of Border Conception in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 14th-16th Centuries by Tomas Čelkis

“… According to the Poland and Western Europe historians' research works and empirical material, this article is an attempt to reconstruct the conception and vicissitude of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania’s (GDL) western border in the 14th-16th centuries. …”
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“In Heavy Chains”: The Treatment of Prisoners of War in the Teutonic Order in Prussia, the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the First Half of the Fifteenth Century by Antanas Petrilionis

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Turkic-Speaking Population on the Steppe Borderland of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Crimean Khanate in the 15th – the First Half of the 16th Centuries by Vladyslav V. Hrybovskyi

“… The ethnic and demographic situation on the borderland of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Crimean Khanates is analysed on the basis of narratives (Michalon Lituanus, Marcin Broniowski, Marcin Bielski, Bartosz Paprocki) and documentary sources (publications “Lithuanian Metrics”, “Archive of South Western Russia”, documents of the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts, Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine). …”
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The use of the Ruthenian Languague in Ecclesiastical Books and its Relations to the Religious Identities in the Ruthenian Lands of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 14 - 18th Centuries: the Protestant and Uniat Traditions by Sergejus Temčinas

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Travelogs of Journeys to Lithuania in Early 15th–19th Century: The Problem of Egodocumentality and Typology by Arvydas Pacevičius

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Piotr Czyżewski’s “Alfurkan tatarski” (Wilno, 1616/1617) and its Authorship by Sergejus Temčinas

Subjects: “…Grand Duchy of Lithuania…”
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Polonization as a Determinant of National Identities of Ukraine and Belarus by Dylan Payne Royce

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Theodosius Borowik’s Book of Miracles “Historia abo powieść zgodliwa…”: a Unitarian Account of the Miracles of the Icon of Our Lady of Zhyrovitse by Viltė Stukaitė

Subjects: “…Religious literature of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania…”
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The Enduring Legacy of the First Nesvizh Radziwill Ordination Library in Lithuania: Results of Recent Research by Jadvyga Misiūnienė

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The Battle of Žalgiris / Grunwald: Unanswered Questions by Alfredas Bumblauskas

“…The mercenaries from the advanced post castles of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania who were armed best could have been in that wedge. …”
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Rediscovering Mikola Husouski: Carmen De Statura Feritate Ac Venatione Bisontis In The Light Of Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince by Volha Korbut Salman

“…The dawn of the Renaissance saw the appearance of two literary masterpieces – The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli in the Florenti ne Republic and Carmen de Statura Feritate ac Venatione Bisontis [The Song about the Bison, Its Stature, Ferocity and Hunt] by Mikola Husouski in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Nevertheless, the destiny that awaited the two works was fundamentally different. …”
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The Role of Rituals and Ceremonies in the Identity Struggle of a Society that Has Lost Its Language: the Example of Lithuanian Tatars by Mehmet Aça

“…Lithuanian Tatars, who had important rights and privileges recognized by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania as the equivalent of their important services, have preserved their identity thanks to the rights and privileges granted to them, Islamic beliefs, rituals and ceremonies. …”
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The Millenium of Lithuania: Two Eliminated Alternatives by Alfredas Bumblauskas

“…At the same time, attention is drawn to the fact that rejection of both the Constitution of Third May and Paul Hymans' second project had a tragic outcome - the historical alternatives that triumphed led to the destruction of both the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1795 and the Republic of Lithuania in 1940.   …”
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Lithuanian, Russian, Polish istoriography with respect to the Poland - Lithuania union by Mečislovas Jučas

“…Liberation came only in 1795 when the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was incorporated into the Russian Empire. …”
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Max Weber's concept of feudalism and history of Lithuania by Zenonas Norkus

“…The author suggests that the relations of political domination in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 13th-17th centuries can be accounted for by applying Weber's terms „fruendenfeudalismus," „ständische Herrschaft," and „Geschlechterstaat," but not the term „Lehnsfeudalismus." …”
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Samogitia and Lithuania in 13-18th Centuries: the Splendour and the Poverty of Regional (Provincial) Self-Goveming by Eugenijus Saviščevas

“….; the merge of Samogitian nobles with the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at the end of the 16 c. to 18 c. The latter merge meant the decline of the power of the regional ruling elite, having blocked the way to form a separate Samogitian political identity. …”
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When Ancient Lithuanian State Became an Empire and Ceased to Be It? An Answer to Lithuanian Question Using an Estonian Method by Zenonas Norkus

“…Its adulthood came in the early sixties of the XIV century, and it failed in 1569, when just before the Lublin Union, Poland annexed the southern provinces of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. So its duration time was slightly more above 200 years. …”
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Idololatria Vilnensis: The Confessional Debates of Jesuits and Protestants on Sacred Images in the 16th Century Lithuania by Tomas Riklius

“… Despite the abundance of theological treatises in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the late 16th century, only five of the eighty-six known titles deal with the use of sacred images and reveal the opposing sides of Catholics and Protestants in such confessional debates. …”
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Notation publications in the context of musical life in Lithuania in the XVI-XVII centuries by Jūratė Trilupaitienė

“…The melodies of some were identical to those in hymnals printed in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, perhaps because they had sprung from the same source. …”
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