Good faith and Realpolitik : approaching the art of politics of Lithuanian rulers in the fourteenth century

Title:

Good faith and Realpolitik : approaching the art of politics of Lithuanian rulers in the fourteenth century
Jednání v dobré víře a Realpolitik : na cestě k porozumění politice litevských vládců ve 14. století

Creator:

Baronas, Darius

Identifier:

https://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/143193

Subject:

Lithuania, papacy, Byzantium, Rus', Tatars, transcultural communication, Auxiliary Historical Sciences, and History

Type:

Article

Format:

text/pdf

Description:

This article deals with the issue of the Lithuanian conversion to Christianity in the 14th century by focusing on the art of politics of the Lithuanian rulers Gediminas (1316–1341), Algirdas (1345–1377) and Kęstutis (1381–1382) with regard to their Christian neighbours. The topic of intentional deception has been contextualised and given special attention in an attempt to highlight that the accession to Christendom was not a self-evident priority for Lithuanian rulers as long as they were beholden to a pagan-warrior lifestyle and were content with the inherited political situation vis-à-vis their Christian and Tatar neighbours.

Language:

English

Rights:

unknown

Relation:

https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/en/handle/11222.digilib/115304
https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/en/_flysystem/fedora/pdf/143193.pdf

Harvested from:

Digital Library of Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University

Metadata only:

false

Date:

2019