Making a Great Ruler: Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania by Mickūnaite, Giedre

Making a Great Ruler: Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789637326585)

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Making a Great Ruler: Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania by Mickūnaite, Giedre

Making a Great Ruler: Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania

$100.00
Making a Great Ruler: Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania by Mickūnaite, Giedre

Making a Great Ruler: Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania

$100.00
Format: Hardcover
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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. Rich and diverse primary materials are analysed from the perspectives of political and social history, memorial culture, as well as iconography and rhetoric.

Author: Giedre Mickūnaite
ISBN-10: 9637326588
ISBN-13: 9789637326585
Publisher: Central European University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/10/2006
Pages: 378
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.49lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.40w x 1.04d

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Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2007 pg. 50
By Giedre Mickūnaite
By Giedre Mickūnaite
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Giedre Mickūnaite, PhD is Associate Professor at the Department of Art History and Theory of the Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts in Lithuania. She investigates Lithuanian culture of the Middle Ages and the reception of medieval past in later periods. Her research pays special emphasis to visual sources and historical imagination.

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