Overview

From 1250 to 1795 Lithuania covered a vast area of eastern and central Europe. Until 1387 the country was pagan. How this huge state came to expand, defend itself against western European crusaders and play a conspicuous part in European life are the main subjects of this book. Chapters are devoted to the types of sources used, to the religion of the ancient Balts (and the discovery of a pagan temple in Vilnius in the late 1980s), and to Lithuanian relations and wars with Poland and the Germans. Under Grand Duke Gediminas, Lithuania came to control more of Russia than the prince of Moscow and, though pagan, competed with Moscow to gain a special church structure. Many of the general crises in this book have a familiar ring: crusade, famine, collapse of central authority in the German empire and the papacy. In this deeply-researched study, first published in 1994, the middle ages emerge as interesting and as varied as our own times.
ISBN-13

9780521450119

ISBN-10

052145011X

Weight

1.49 Pounds

Dimensions

5.75 x 1.25 x 9.25 In

List Price

$133.00

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Pages

416 pages

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published On

1994-05-05


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