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Making a great ruler : Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania /
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 th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Budapest ; New York :
Central European University Press,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 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 |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 337 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), plans |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-327) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1429413433 9781429413435 1281376779 9781281376770 9637326561 9789637326561 9786155211072 6155211078 |