Making a Great Ruler : : Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania / / Giedrė Mickūnaitė.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• VerfasserIn: Mickūnaitė, Giedrė,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2006]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (378 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- A NOTE ON PERSONAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I. VYTAUTAS CREATING HIS OWN IMAGE -- CHAPTER II. THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY: SHAPING OF THE IMAGE -- CHAPTER III. THE EARLY-MODERN IMAGE OF VYTAUTAS -- CHAPTER IV. IMAGE AND IMAGE -- CONCLUSIONS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF PERSONAL NAMES -- INDEX OF GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES AND PEOPLES -- SUBJECT INDEX