From imagination to political reality? The Grand Duchy of Lithuania as a successor of Rome in the early modern historiography (15th–18th centuries)
At the beginning of the Renaissance Lithuanians understood that to join the civilization of Western Europe, it was necessary to have an appropriate (it means: very long) tradition. Like other countries, they had to create their own myth of origin. The most prestigious tradition was Greek-Roman antiq...
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doaj-785d33ab8f484adcbb263e3df29d032e2021-10-02T19:16:26ZengDe GruyterOpen Political Science2543-80422018-12-011117018110.1515/openps-2018-0015openps-2018-0015From imagination to political reality? The Grand Duchy of Lithuania as a successor of Rome in the early modern historiography (15th–18th centuries)Orzeł Joanna0Institute of History, Faculty of Philosophy and History, University of Lodz, A. Kamińskiego 27a, 90-219Łódź, At the beginning of the Renaissance Lithuanians understood that to join the civilization of Western Europe, it was necessary to have an appropriate (it means: very long) tradition. Like other countries, they had to create their own myth of origin. The most prestigious tradition was Greek-Roman antiquity, so the country’s origin story was invented, claiming its people descended directly from Rome. According to subsequent chronicles, the founder of the new state was Palemon (Publius Libon, initially Vilia).https://doi.org/10.1515/openps-2018-0015cultural memoryfoundation mythmythical genealogypalemonthe grand duchy of lithuaniapolish-lithuanian historiographygreco-roman antiquity in early modern period |
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From imagination to political reality? The Grand Duchy of Lithuania as a successor of Rome in the early modern historiography (15th–18th centuries) |
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From imagination to political reality? The Grand Duchy of Lithuania as a successor of Rome in the early modern historiography (15th–18th centuries) |
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From imagination to political reality? The Grand Duchy of Lithuania as a successor of Rome in the early modern historiography (15th–18th centuries) |
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From imagination to political reality? The Grand Duchy of Lithuania as a successor of Rome in the early modern historiography (15th–18th centuries) |
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From imagination to political reality? The Grand Duchy of Lithuania as a successor of Rome in the early modern historiography (15th–18th centuries) |
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from imagination to political reality? the grand duchy of lithuania as a successor of rome in the early modern historiography (15th–18th centuries) |
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At the beginning of the Renaissance Lithuanians understood that to join the civilization of Western Europe, it was necessary to have an appropriate (it means: very long) tradition. Like other countries, they had to create their own myth of origin. The most prestigious tradition was Greek-Roman antiquity, so the country’s origin story was invented, claiming its people descended directly from Rome. According to subsequent chronicles, the founder of the new state was Palemon (Publius Libon, initially Vilia). |
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cultural memory foundation myth mythical genealogy palemon the grand duchy of lithuania polish-lithuanian historiography greco-roman antiquity in early modern period |
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