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Maniera Greca in Europe's Catholic East: On Identities of Images in Lithuania and Poland (1380s-1720s)
ISBN: 9789462982666 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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537,94 zł |
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Making a Great Ruler: Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania
ISBN: 9789637326585 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. How does a ruler become "the Great"? Is greatness a part of authority exercised or a part of an image created? These and other questions are addressed in this volume on the life and memory of Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania (r.1392-1430). The study raises a hypothesis that Vytautas was the main engineer of his image as the great ruler while his contemporaries and later generations developed this image and adapted it to their needs and understandings. Investigating the propaganda surrounding the grand duke, this study reveals that, in fact, there were two opposite images: that of a good ruler...
How does a ruler become "the Great"? Is greatness a part of authority exercised or a part of an image created? These and other questions are addressed...
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cena:
428,65 zł |