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