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RESEARCH RESOURCES FOR MEDIEVALISTS IN
LITHUANIA AND BELARUS
(Archives and libraries are listed by country; publications
could not be well separated, as they usually refer to all
parts of the medieval Grand Duchy of Lithuania)
1. In Lithuania
1.1. Institutions and research centers
Lietuvos istorijos institutas – LII [Institute of Lithuanian
History]
The main research center on the history of Lithuania
Kra¾ių g. 5, LT-01108 Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel: +370 5 261 44 36 Fax: +370 5 261 14 33
e-mail: istorija@istorija.lt
Lietuvių literatūros ir tautosakos institutas – LLTI
[Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore]
Antakalnio str. 6, LT-10308 Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel: +370 5 2621943 Fax: +370 5 2616254
Kultūros paveldo centras – KPC [Centre for the
Lithuanian Cultural Heritage]
Asmenos str. 10, LT-01135 Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel: +370 5 2622926 Fax: +370 5 2122191
e-mail: bendras@kpc.lt
Rich collection of visual resources for the history of
Lithuania (mostly post-medieval).
Vakarų Lietuvos ir Prūsijos
1.2. Main archives and libraries (see also
Grimsted)
Lithuanian State Historic Archives
Gerosios Vilties g. 10, LT-03134 Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel. +370 5 213 7482 Fax: +370 5 213 7612
e-mail: istorijos.archyvas@lvia.lt
The Archives contain manuscript and microfilm documents from
the state institutions (chancellery, treasury, the supreme
tribunal, courts, military commission, etc.) of the Grand
Duchy of Lithuania (14th–18th centuries).
The Library of Vilnius University
Universiteto 3, LT-01122 Vilnius
Tel: +370 5 268 71 01 Fax: +370 5 268 71 04
e-mail: mb@mb.vu.lt
The manuscript collection contains about 239,000 archival
documents. Documents are stored according to their type:
manuscripts, manuscript books, parchments, photographs,
negatives, paintings, drawings, maps, minor press,
microfilms, motion pictures, magnetic tapes, CDs. The oldest
document dates back to the year 1209 and is followed by old
courtbooks of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, archives of
church institutions, documents and inventories of churches,
cloisters and manors, the treasury archives, privileges,
patrimonial archives of the noble families. The major part
of documents is from the 17th–20th centuries, written in
Latin, Polish, Old Belorusian (‘Ruthenian’), Russian,
German, and Lithuanian.
Catalogue: Rankra¹čių skyriaus rinkinių rodyklė. [The List
of the Manuscripts Collection] Vilnius University; comp. N.
©ulgienė. Vilnius, 1990.
The Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Science
®ygimantų 1/8, LT-01102 Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel: +370 5 262 95 37, Fax: +370 5 212 13 24
e-mail: biblioteka@mab.lt
A rich collection of medieval and early modern manuscripts
from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The collection ranges
from charters to codices (some Old Church Slavonic gospel
lectionaries), incunabula and early prints.
Lithuanian
National Martynas Ma¾vydas Library, Department of Rare Books
and Manuscripts
Gedimino pr. 51, LT-01504 Vilnius
Tel: +370 5 2497023 Fax: +370 5 2496129
e-mail: biblio@lnb.lt
The collection of manuscripts in the Rare Book and
Manuscript Department holds 70,000 storage units.
Autographs, historical acts, photographs and other documents
(from the 15th century to the present) constitutes 200
separate collections. The most substantial part of the
collection comprises private archives of the 19th–20th
century persons (Lithuanian writers, public figures,
scholars, artists who had been living in Lithuania and
abroad). The most distinguished among the collection in the
Manuscript Department are 149 parchments (privileges of
Grand Dukes of Lithuania and Kings of Poland, the Papal
privileges, etc.).
The Rare Book division contains some 30,000 books from the
15th to the 18th century.
2. In
Belarus (see also Grimsted)
National Historical Archives of Belarus in Minsk =
Нацыянальны гістарычны архіў Беларусі ў Мінску
55 Kropotkina St., BY-220002 Minsk, Republic of Belarus
Tel: +375 17 286 75 20, 286 75 23 Tel./fax: +375 17 286 75
22
e-mail: niab@solo.by, niab@belsonet.net
The Archives contain 3,120 manuscript and 19 microfilm
collections of documents related to the territory of
present-day Belarus from the14th century onwards in Old
Belarusian, Polish and Latin; including family archives of
the Radziwills, Liubomirskys, Pliater-Zibergs and microfilms
of Lithuanian Metrica.
Guides:
Tsentralnyi gosudarstvennyi istoricheskii arhiv BSSR v
Minske. Putevoditel. [Central State Historical Archives of
the BSSR in Minsk. Guide] Minsk, 1974.
Bagińska, E. “Fond Radziwi³³ów w Państwowym Arhiwum
Historycznym w Mińsku.” [Radziwill fond at the National
Historic Archives of Belarus in Minsk] Belastocczyzna 1
(1998): 58–63.
Kriegseisen, Wojciech. “Æród³a do historii Rzeczypospolitej
Szlacheckiej w Narodowym archiwum historycznym Bia³orusi w
Mińsku.” [Sources to the History of the Republic of Poland
and Lithuania in the National Historic Archives of Belarus
in Minsk] Kwartalnik Historyczny 105/4 (1988): 87–105.
National Historical Archives of Belarus in Grodna =
Нацыянальны гістарычны архіў Беларусі ў Гродна
2 Tizengauza Sq., BY-230023 Grodna, Republic of Belarus
Tel./Fax: +375 152 44 94 66
e-mail: niab_grodno@tut.by
The Archives contain 1,200 collections of documents related
to the north-western administrative units of contemporary
Belarus. Medieval holdings include records of religious
institutions and private collections of the Bykhovets,
Slizen, Adamovich and other noble families.
Tsentralnyi gosudarstvennyi istoricheskii arhiv Belorusskoi
SSR v Grodno. Putevoditel. [Central State Historical
Archives of the Byelarussian SSR in Grodno. Guide] Minsk,
1965.
National
Library of Belarus = Нацыянальная бібліятэка Беларусі
9 Krasnoarmeyskaya St., Minsk, 220636, Republic of Belarus
Tel./Fax: +375 17 229 24 94
e-mail: sol@nacbibl.org.by
Collection of manuscripts from the 14th–20th c. with more
than 1,000 units in Slavic, West-European and Asian
languages. The fond of old prints (more than 26,000 items)
includes the collection of incunabula (44 units), the
collection of palaeotypes (nearly 200 units), the collection
of Cyrillic print.
Natsyianalnaia bibliiateka Belarusi. Bibliiagrafichny
katalog. [National Library of Belarus. Bibliographical
catalogue] Minsk, 1992.
Central
Scientific Library of the National Academy of Sciences of
Belarus = Цэнтральная навуковая бібліятэка Нацыянальнай
Акадэміі навук Беларусі
15 Surganov St., BY-220072 Minsk, Republic of Belarus
Tel./Fax: +375 17 284 14 28
e-mail: csl@kolas.bas-net.by
The Rare Books and Manuscript Collection keeps the most
valuable manuscripts, archival and printed materials, and
maps from the 15th–20th centuries in Slavic, West-European
and other languages and consists of a number of collections
and private archives.
Fundamentalnaia bibliiateka imia Ia. Kolasa AN BSSR. Albom.
[Fundamental library of the Academy of Science of BSSR named
after Y. Kolas. Album] Minsk, 1976.
Bibliotechnoe delo i bibliografiia v sisteme Akademii nauk
BSSR. Sbornik statei. [Libraries and bibliography in the
system of Academy of Science of BSSR. Collected articles]
Minsk, 1976.
Grodna State Museum of History and Archeology = Гродзенскі
дзяржаўны гісторыка-археалагічны музей
20 Zamkavaya St., BY-230000 Grodna, Republic of Belarus
Tel. +375 152 44 94 31
The Museum holds a collection of privileges and family
documents of the nobility from the Grodna and Brest regions
(in Latin, Old Belarusian and Polish) from the 15th–18th
century. The Rare Book division of the Museum contains more
than 23,000 books from the 15th to the 19th centuries,
including 3 incunabula.
Katalog vydanniau XV–XVI st. z fondau Grodzenskaga
dziarzhaunaga gistoryka-arhealagichnaga muzeia. [Catalogue
of the published in the 15th–18th centuries in the Grodna
State Museum of History and Archeology] Slonim, 2003.
Shalanda, Aliaksei. “Pergaminy kanca XVI–XVII st. na
latsinskai i polskai movah u Grodzenskim dziarzhaunym
gistoryka-arhealagichnym muzei.” [Parchments of the late
16th–17th centuries in the holdings of the Grodna State
Museum of History and Archeology] Gerold-Litherland 3–4
(2002): 97–119.
3.
Major source editions
3.1. Charters, laws, cartularies and other written sources
1385 m. rugpjūčio 14 d. Krėvos aktas. [The Krewo act of the
14 August, 1385] LII; comp. J. Kiaupienė. Vilnius, 2002.
Series: Lietuvos u¾sienio politikos dokumentai XIII–XVIII
a.: tyrinėjimai. The first part of the book presents the
original text of the Krewo act and its transcript of 1445,
as well as fragments of other primary sources. The second
part consists of articles related to different aspects of
the Krewo act’s history, palaeography, etc.
Akty Litovsko-russkogo gosudarstva. [Charters of the
Lithuanian-Ruthenian State] 2 vols. Moscow, 1896–1897.
Akty, izdavaemye Vilenskoi arkheograficheskoi komissiei.
[Charters published by Vilna Archeographic Commission] 39
vols. Vilna, 1865–1915.
Akty, otnosiashchiesia k istorii Iuzhnoi i Zapadnoi Rossii.
[Charters concerning the history of South and West Rus’] 15
vols. St.-Petersburg, 1863–1892.
Akty, otnosiashchiesia k istorii Zapadnoi Rosii. [Charters
concerning the history of West Rus’] 2 vols. St. Petersburg,
1846–1853.
Arheograficheskii sbornik documentov, otnosiashchihsia k
istorii Severnoi i Zapadnoi Rossii. [Archeographic
collection concerning the history of North and West Rus’] 14
vols. Vilna, 1867–1904.
Arhiv Iugo-Zapadnoi Rossii. [Archives of South and West Rus’]
8 vols. Kiev, 1859–1914.
Baltų religijos ir mitologijos ¹altiniai. [The Sources of
Baltic Religion and Mythology] comp. Nornbertas Vėlius. 4
vols. Vilnius, 1996–2003. Vol. 1. – Nuo seniausių laikų iki
XV a. pabaigos. [From the Ancient Times to the end of the
15th century] Vilnius, 1996. Vol. 2. – XVI a. [16th century]
Vilnius, 2001. Vol. 3. – XVII am¾ius [17th century] Vilnius,
2003. The most extensive edition of sources on Baltic pagan
faith and mythology. The primary texts are published in the
original languages.
Belaruski arhiu. [Belarusian Archives] 3 vols. Mensk,
1927–1931.
Belorussiia v epohu feodalizma. Sbornik dokumentov. [Belarus
in epoch of feudalism. Collection of documents] 4 vols.
Minsk, 1959–1979.
Belorusskii arhiv drevnih gramot. [Belarusian archive of
ancient charters] Moscow, 1824.
Chartularium Lithuaniae res gestas magni ducis Gedeminne
illustrans / Gedimino lai¹kai. ed., tr., and commented by S.
C. Rowell. Vilnius: Vaga, 2003. The new edition of letters
by Grand Duke Gediminas (1316–1341) and documents relevant
to his reign in Latin, Greek, Old Slavonic, and Middle High
German with a translation into Lithuanian.
Codex epistolaris Vitoldi, Magni Ducis Lithuaniae,
1376–1430. ed. Antoni Prochaska. Monumenta medii aevi
historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia 6. Cracow:
Academiae Literarum Cracoviensis, 1882.
Cracovia Lithuanorum saeculis XIV–XVI. [Lithuanian Cracow of
the 14th–16th centuries] LLTI; comp. W. Urban, S. Lū¾ys,
trans. A. Va¹kelienė. Vilnius, 1999.
Dogiel, M. Codex diplomaticus regni Poloniae et magni
ducatus Lithuaniae. Vols. 1, 4–5. Vilnae, 1758–1765.
Lappo, I. I. Litovskii statut 1588 goda. [Lithuanian Statute
of the year 1588] 2 vols. Kaunas, 1934–1838. Analysis and
edited text of the Third Lithuanian Statute.
Lazutka, Stanislovas and Edwardas Gudavichus. Privilegija
evrejam Vitautasa Velikogo 1388 goda / Privilege to Jews
Granted by Vytautas the Great in 1388. Moscow–Jerusalem:
Jewish University in Moscow, 1993. A thorough analysis of
the privilege, its sources, and its application in the legal
practice of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Pirmasis Lietuvos Statutas / Pervyi Litovskii Statut [The
First Lithuanian Statute] 3 vols., eds. S. Lazutka, E.
Gudavičius, Vilnius, 1983–1991.
Skarbiec dyp³omatów papieskich, cesarskich, królewskich,
ksi±æźcych, uchwa³ narodowych, postanowień róænych w³adz i
urzźdów, pos³uguj±cych do krytycznego wyja¶nienia dziejów
Litwy, Rusi litewskiej i o¶ciennych im krajów. [Collection
of the papal, imperial, royal, ducal charters, state
decrees, decisions of different governments and authorities,
related to the history of Lithuania, Lithuanian Rus’ and
neighboring countries] 2 vols. Wilno, 1860–1862.
Starostina, I. P., ed. “Sudebnik Kazimira 1468 g.” [Code of
Laws of Casimir of 1468] Drevneishie gosudarstva na
territorii SSSR: Маterialy i issledovania. 1988–1989 gody.
[Ancient States on the territory of the USSR: Materials and
studies, 1988–1989] Мoscow, 1991, 170–340.
Statut Velikogo kniazhestva Litovskogo 1529. [Statute of the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania of 1529] Мinsk, 1960.
Statut Vialikaga kniastva Litouskaga 1566 goda. [Statute of
the Grand Duchy of Lithuania of 1566] Мinsk, 2003.
Statut Vialikaga kniastva Litouskaga 1588. [Statute of the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania of 1588] Мinsk, 2003.
Statut Vialikaga kniastva Litouskaga 1588. Teksty, davednik,
kamentary. [Statute of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania of 1588.
Texts, guide, comments] Мinsk, 1989.
Vitoldiana: Codex privilegiorum Vitoldi Magni Ducis
Lithuaniae, 1386–1430. ed. Jerzy Ochmański, Warsaw–Poznań:
Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1986.
XV–XVI a. Lietuvos lotyni¹kų knygų s±ra¹as. Index librorum
latinorum Lituaniae saeculi quinti decimi et sexti decimi.
[The index of the 15th–16th-century Latin Books of
Lithuania] comp. Daiva Narbutienė, Sigitas Narbutas.
Vilnius, 2002. Series: Senoji Lietuvos literatūra; 12. The
list includes around 374 Latin books, published in or
relating to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
3.2. The Lithuanian Metrica
The most extensive collection of registers of ducal,
princely and judicial records for the Grand Duchy of
Lithuania, mainly in Latin and old Belarusian (‘Ruthenian’).
3.2.1. Studies
Berezhkov, N. G. Litovskaia metrika kak istoricheskii
istochnik. [Lithuanian Metrica as historical source]
Moscow–Leningrad, 1946.
Kennedy-Grimsted, P. and I.
Su³kowska-Kurasiowa. The “Lithuanian Metrica” in Moscow and
Warsaw: Reconstructing the Archives of the Grand Duchy of
Lithuania. Including the Annotated Edition of the 1887
Inventory, compiled by Stanis³aw Ptaszycki. Harvard, 1984.
Ptashytski, S., comp. Opisanie knig i aktov Litovskoi
Metriki. [The description of books and charters of
Lithuanian Metrica] St.-Petersburg, 1887.
3.2.2. Published texts
Akty Litovskoi Metrirki, sobrannye zasluzhennym professorom
imperatorskogo Varshavskogo universiteta F. I. Leontovichem.
[Charters from the Lithuanian Metrica collected by professor
of the Imperial University of Warsaw, F. I. Leontovich] 2
vols. Warsaw, 1896–1897.
Litovskaia Metrika. Knigi sudebnyh del. [Lithuanian Metrica]
Vol. 1. Court Record books # 1–3. Russkaia istoricheskaia
biblioteka [Russian historic library] 20 (1903).
Litovskaia Metrika. [Lithuanian Metrica] Vol. 1. Books of
Inscriptions # 3–5/1. Russkaia istoricheskaia biblioteka.
[Russian historic library] 27 (1910).
Litovskaia Metrika. [Lithuanian Metrica] Vol. 1. Books of
Public Affairs # 2, 4, 5, 6/1, 7/1. Russkaia istoricheskaia
biblioteka. [Russian historic library] 30 (1914).
Litovskaia Metrika. Kniga publichnych del. Perepisi voiska
Litovskogo. [Lithuanian Metrica. Book of Public Affairs # 1.
Census of Lithuanian Army] Russkaia istoricheskaia
biblioteka. [Russian historic library] 33 (1915).
Kniga posol’skaia Velikogo kniazhestva Litovskogo 1506–1507.
[Legation book of the Metrics of the Grand Duchy of
Lithuania, 1506–1507] Sbornik kniazia Obolenskogo: 1 (1838).
Kniga posol’skaia metriki Velikogo kniazhestva Litovskogo.
[Legation book of the Metrics of the Grand Duchy of
Lithuania] Vol. 1, 1545–1572. Moscow, 1843.
Kniga posol’skaia metriki Velikogo kniazhestva Litovskogo.
[Legation book of the Metrics of the Grand Duchy of
Lithuania] Vol. 2, 1573–1586. Moscow, 1845.
3.2.2.1. Recent Belarusian publications
Metryka Vialikaga kniastva Litouskaga. [Metrica of the Grand
Duchy of Lithuania] Book of Inscriptions # 28. (1522–1552).
Minsk, 2000.
Metryka Vialikaga kniastva Litouskaga. [Metrica of the Grand
Duchy of Lithuania] Book of Inscriptions # 43. (1523–1560).
Minsk, 2003.
Metryka Vialikaga kniastva Litouskaga. [Metrica of the Grand
Duchy of Lithuania] Book of Inscriptions # 44. (1559–1566).
Minsk, 2001.
Perapis vojska Vialikaga kniastva Litouskaga 1528 goda.
Metryka Velikaga kniastva Litouskaga. Кniga 523. Kniga
Publichnych sprau 1. [Census of the army of the Grand Duchy
of Lithuania. Book 523. Book of Public Affairs # 1] Мinsk,
2003.
3.2.2.2. Recent Lithuanian publications
Lietuvos Metrika. [Lithuanian Metrica] Vilnius, 1994–.
(http://neris.mii.lt/heritage/metrika/metrika.htm)
(1380–1584); U¾ra¹ymų knyga 1, Knyga 1. [Book of
Inscriptions 1, Book 1] Vilnius, 1998. The book represents
an inventory of original documents issued immediately after
the Union of Lublin. The documents were stored in the
archives of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 2d half of
the 16th century.
(1440–1498); U¾ra¹ymų knyga 3, Knyga 3. [Book of
Inscriptions 3, Book 3] Vilnius, 1998. The book is compiled
of short inscriptions by the Grand Dukes of Lithuania –
Casimir and Alexander, related to payments for service,
grants of land and people. The 2d part of the book includes
full texts of the privileges issued by Grand Duke Alexander.
(1427–1506); U¾ra¹ymų knyga 5, Knyga 5. [Book of
Inscriptions 5, Book 5] Vilnius, 1993. The book is mostly
compiled of the documents issued by Grand Duke Alexander:
official appointments, instructions, privileges, court acts,
charters, etc.
(1499–1514); U¾ra¹ymų knyga 8, Knyga 8. [Book of
Inscriptions 8, Book 8] Vilnius, 1995. The book compiles
different documents: privileges, letters, and official
appointments, concerning contacts with the Crimean Khanate
as well as charters issued by Grand Dukes Alexander,
Sigismund the Old, etc.
(1440–1523); U¾ra¹ymų knyga 10, Knyga 10. [Book of
Inscriptions 10, Book 10] Vilnius, 1997. The book consists
of documents issued by the Lithuanian Grand Dukes Casimir
and Sigismund the Old: privileges, official appointments,
instructions for the army, etc.
(1518–1523); U¾ra¹ymų knyga 11, Knyga 11. [Book of
Inscriptions 11, Book 11] Vilnius, 1997. The book contains
documents written and confirmed by the chancery of the Grand
Duchy of Lithuania, concerning donations of estates, rental
contracts, etc. Besides the decrees and letters by rulers,
the inventories and other documents are included. The
content of this volume reflect the beginning of the
political activities of Albertas Gostautas, chancellor of
the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1522.
(1522–1529); U¾ra¹ymų knyga 12, Knyga 12. [Book of
Inscriptions 12, Book 12] Vilnius, 2001. The book includes
copies of the documents of the Grand Duke Sigismund the Old
issued in 1522–1529: privileges, charters conferring
Magdeburg law on towns, and etc.
(1528–1538); U¾ra¹ymų knyga 15, Knyga 15. [Book of
Inscriptions 15, Book 15] Vilnius, 2002.
(1387–1546); U¾ra¹ymų knyga 25, Knyga 25 (Book of
Inscriptions 25, Book 25). Vilnius, 1998.
3.3. Documents of church history and hagiography
Аrhiu uniiatskih mitrapalitau. Dakumenty pa gistoryi tsarkvy
u Belarusi ХVІ–ХХ stst. u fondach gistarychnych arkhivau
Ukrainy: Davednik. [Archives of the union metropolitans.
Documents on the history of church in Belarus in the
16th–20th centuries from the holdings of the Ukrainian
historical archives. Guide] Minsk–Polatsk, 2001.
Аrhiu uniiatskih mitrapalitau. Dakumenty pa gistoryi tsarkvy
u Belarusi ХV–ХХ stst. u fondze “Kantsyliaryia mitrapalita
greka-uniiatskih tserkvau u Rasii”: Davednik. [Archives of
the union metropolitans. Documents on the history of church
in Belarus in the 15th–20th century from the collection
“Chancellery of metropolitan of the Greek union church in
Russia. Guide] Minsk–Polatsk, 1999.
Baronas, Darius. Trys Vilniaus kankiniai: gyvenimas ir
istorija. [The Three Martyrs of Vilnius: Life and History]
Vilnius, 2000. Series: Fontes ecclesiastici historiae
Lithuaniae; 2. The study is dedicated to the martyrdom and
veneration of the Orthodox SS Anthony, John, and Eustathius
of Vilnius who were executed by the order of the Grand Duke
Algirdas ca. 1347, the subsequently developed cult and its
political implications. The appendix includes sources on the
lives and veneration of the saints from the 14th until the
mid-18th century in Greek, Old Slavonic, Polish, and Russian
with Lithuanian translation. English and Russian summary.
Baronas, Darius. “The Three Martyrs of Vilnius: a
Fourteenth-Century Martyrdom and its Documentary Sources.”
Analecta Bollandiana 122/1 (2004): 83–134. An English
presentation of the research published in the above
monograph.
Casimiriana I: fontes vitae et cultus S. Casimiri / ©v.
Kazimiero gyvenimo ir kulto istorijos ¹altiniai, comp. M.
Čiurinskas, Vilnius, 2003. Series: Fontes ecclesiastici
historiæ Lithuanianiæ 3. Introduced and commented selection
of sources on the life of St Casimir (1458–1484) published
in the original language with Lithuanian translation.
Casimiriana II: vitae antiquiores S. S. Casimiri /
Ankstyvieji ¹v. Kazimiero “gyvenimai,” comp. M. Čiurinskas,
Vilnius, 2004. Series: Fontes ecclesiastici historiæ
Lithuanianiæ 4. Introduced and commented selection of the
early lives of St Casimir (1458–1484).
Codex diplomaticus Ecclesiae Cathedralis necnon dioeceseos
Vilnensis / Kodeks dyplomatyczny Katedry i diecezji
Wileńskiej. Vol. 1, 1387–1507. ed. Jan Fija³ek and W³adys³aw
Semkowicz. Cracow: Nak³adem Polskiej Akademii Umiejźtno¶ci,
1948.
Codex Mednicensis seu Samogitiae diocesis. Pt. 1, ed. Paulus
Jatulis. Fontes Historiae Lituaniae 3. Rome: Academia
Lituana Catholica Scientiarum, 1984. A collection of
documents of the Samogitian diocese.
Giedroyę, Micha³. “The Arrival of Christianity in Lithuania:
Early Contacts (Thirteenth Century).” Oxford Slavonic Papers
18 (1985): 1–30.
Goldfrank, David M. “The Lithuanian Prince-Monk Voj¹elk: A
Study of Competing Legends,” Harvard Ukrainian Studies
11:1–2 (1987): 44–76.
Unia v dokumentach [The Union in the documents] Minsk, 1997.
Vetera monumenta Poloniae et Lituaniae: gentiumque
finitimarum historiam illustrantia maximam partem nondum
edita ex tabulariis Vaticanis deprompta collecta ac serie
chronologica disposita. ed. Augustin Theiner. Vol. 1, Ab
Honorio PP. III usque ad Gregorium PP. XII, 1217–1409. Vol.
2, Ab Ionne pp. XXII. Usque ad Pium pp. V., 1410–1572. Rome:
n.p, 1860–1861; reprint: Osnabrück: Otto Zeller, 1969.
Visitatio Diocesis Samogitiae (A.D. 1579) / ®emaičių
vyskupijos vizitacija (1579), ed. Liudas Jovai¹a, introduced
and commented by Juozas Tumelis and Liudas Jovai¹a. Vilnius:
aidai, 1998. Series: Fontes ecclesiastici historiae
Lithuaniae 1. The first full edition of the acts of
visitation.
3.4. Narratives: annals, chronicles, diaries, epistles
Belaruskiia letapisy i hroniki. [Belarusian annals and
chronicles] Minsk, 1997.
Memuary, otnosiashchiesia k istorii Iuzhnoi Rusi. [Memoirs
concerning the history of South Rus’] Kiev, 1896.
Mihalon Litvin. О nravach tatar, litovtsev i moskvitsian.
[On tempers of Tatars, Lithuanian, and Muscovians] Мoscow,
1994.
Polnoe sobranije russkikh letopisei. [The full collection of
Russian annals] Vol. 32, Khroniki: Litovskaya i zhomojtskaya,
i Bykhovtsa. Letopisi: Barkulabovskaya, Averki i Pantsyrnogo.
[Chronicles: Lithuanian and Samogitian, and of Bykhoviets.
Annals of Barkulabov, Averka, and Pantsyrnyj] ed. N. N.
Ulashchik. Moscow: Nauka, 1975.
Polnoe sobranije russkikh letopisej. [The full collection of
Russian annals] Vol. 35, Letopisi belorussko-litovskie. [The
Belorus’ian-Lithuanian annals] ed. N. N. Ulashchik, Moscow:
Nauka, 1980.
Pomniki starazhytnai beleruskai litaratury. [Collections of
ancient Belarusian literature] Minsk, 1975.
Stryjkowski M. Kronika Polska, Litеwska, Æmódzka i
wszystkiej Rusi. [Chronicle of Poland, Lithuania, Samogitia
and all Rus’] 2 vols. Warszawa, 1844–1846.
4.
Handbooks, studies, and reference works
4.1. Lithuania
4.1.1. General
Gudavičius, E. Lietuvos istorija. [The history of Lithuania]
Vol. 1, Nuo seniausių laikų iki 1569 metų. [From the Ancient
Times to 1569] Vilnius, 1999. The author surveys the history
of Lithuania in the context of European history. The issue
of Polish–Lithuanian relations and their impacts i discussed
in a broad cultural and political context. The edition is
enriched with visual material.
Gudavičius, Edvardas. Mindaugas. Vilnius: ®ara, 1998. The
first monograph on the life and deeds of the first and only
king of Lithuania Mindaugas / Mindowe (1253–1263). Special
attention is paid to the formation of the Lithuanian state.
Ivinskis, Z. Lietuvos istorija: iki Vytauto Did¾iojo mirties.
[The History of Lithuania: until the death of Vytautas the
Great] Vilnius, 1991. [Reprint of 1978 publication
introduced and comented by E. Gudavičius] Series: Lietuvos
istoriografija. The most important work of famous emigrant
historian dedicated to the survey of Lithuanian
historiography as well as history of Lithuania from the
ancient times to the early 15th century.
Jovai¹as, A., et al. eds. Metra¹čiai ir kunigaik¹čių lai¹kai.
[The Annals and the Dukes’ Letters] LLTI; Vilnius, 1996.
Series: Senoji Lietuvos literatūra, Book 4. The book is
devoted to the letters of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania,
Lithuanian Annals, and the dilemma of the beginning of
written language in Lithuania. The edition is dedicated to
the oldest period of Lithuanian writings: letters of
Gediminas, Algirdas, and Vytautas. A short collection of
Lithuanian chronicles is included.
Kiaupa, Zigmantas, Jūratė Kiaupienė, Algimantas Kuncevičius.
The History of Lithuania before 1795. Vilnius: Arlila, 2000.
Contetns: Z. Kiaupa, “The Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the
Establishment of the State to the Union of Lublin: I.
Establishment of the State,” “Gediminian Lithuania before
Christianization,” “The Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the
Republic of Two Nations, 1569–1795: I: The Country and Its
People,” “The Traits of the Political History of the Grand
Duchy of Lithuania from Sigismund Vasa up to Augustus III,”
and “Research Review: 2. History of the Grand Duchy of
Lithuania.”
Kiaupa, Zigmantas. The History of Lithuania. Vilnius: Baltos
lankos, 2002. An English translation of the synthesis of
Lithuanian history from the ancient times until the
restoration of the country’s independence in 1990.
Rowell S. C. Lithuania Ascending: A pagan empire within
east-central Europe, 1295–1345. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1994. Thus far, the best account of the
early Lithuanian history in English.
4.1.2. Special (selection from mainly
non-Lithuanian-language titles)
Backus, O. Motives of West Russian Nobles in Deserting
Lithuania for Moscow in 1377–1514 (1957).
Kiaupa, Zigmantas. “Die litauischen Städte im
Spätmittelalter – zwischen eineger Herkunft und dem Einfluß
ausländischer Nachbarn.” In Zwischen Lübeck und Novgorod:
Wirtschaft, Politik und Kultur im Ostseeraum vom frühen
Mittelalter bis ins 20. Jahrhundert: Norbert Angermann zum
60. Geburtstag; hrsg. v. O. Pelc, G. Pickhan. Luneburg,
1996, 167–177.
Kiaupienė, J. “Die litauische Forschung zu den
litauisch-deutschen Beziehungen des 15. bis 19. Jahrhunderts.”
In Deutschland und Litauen. Bestandsaufnahmen und Aufgaben
der historischen Forschung; hrsg. v. N. Angermann, J. Tauber.
Luneburg, 1995, 45–54.
Kiaupienė, J. “Das historische Erbe des Grossfürstentums
Litauen: Erfolge und Verluste.” Litauen. Nachbar im Osten
Europas. hrsg. v. J. Hackmann. Köln, 1996, 13–26.
Kiaupienė, J. “Das Bild des Grossfürstentums Litauen in der
Historiographie.” Revue Baltique 6 (1996): 5–15.
Kiaupienė, J. “Geschichtsquellen des Ostseeraumes in der
Litauischen Metrik.” In Zwischen Lubeck und Novgorod.
Wirtschaft, Politik und Kultur im Ostseeraum vom fruhen
Mittelalter bis ins 20. Jahrhundert: Norbert Angermann zum
60. Geburtstag; hrsg. v. O. Pelc, G. Pickhan. Lüneburg,
1996, 223–232.
Kiaupienė J. “The Grand Duchy of Lithuania in East Central
Europe or once again about the Lithuanian–Polish Union.”
Lithuanian Historical Studies 2 (1997): 56–71.
Lietuvos heraldika. [The Heraldry of Lithuania] sud. E.
Rim¹a. Kn. 1. Vilnius, 1998. English trans. The Heraldry of
Lithuania / comp. by E. Rim¹a. Book 1. Vilnius, 1998.
Lietuvos Did¾iosios Kunigaik¹tijos kultūra: tyrinėjimai ir
vaizdai. [The Culture of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania:
Studies and Views] comp. V. Ali¹auskas, et al. Vilnius,
2001. This encyclopedic publication contains topical
articles on various aspects of history and culture of the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Pashuto, Vladimir T. Obrazovanie Litovskogo gosudarstva [The
formation of the Lithuanian state] Moscow, 1959. A thorough
Marxist analysis of the early Lithuanian statehood.
Petrauskas, Rimvydas. Lietuvos diduomenė XIV a. pabaigoje XV
a. Sudėtis – struktūra – vald¾ia [Lithuanian nobility at the
end of the 14th and in the 15th century. Composition –
structure – power] Vilnius, 2003. An exhaustive study of the
rise and establishment of Lithuanian nobility appended with
a thorough catalogue of nobles, their families, and
positions. German summary.
Petrauskas, Rimvydas. “The Lithuanian Nobility in the Late
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries: Composition and
Structure.” Lithuanian Historical Studies 7 (2002): 1–22. An
English summery of the monograph listed above.
Rowell S. C. “Dynastic Bluff? The Road to Mielnik,
1385–1501.” Lithuanian Historical Studies 6 (2001).
Rowell S. C. “The Jagiellonians and the Stars:
Dynasty-Sponsored Astrology in Fifteenth-Century
Poland-Lithuania.” Lithuanian Historical Studies 7 (2002).
Rowell S. C. “Of men and monsters: Sources for the history
of Lithuania in the time of Gediminas (ca.1315–1342).”
Journal of Baltic Studies 23 (1993): 73–112. Presents and
reviews sources for Lithuanian 14th-c. history mostly
published in collections of Western Europe
Rowell S. C. “Pious princesses or the daughters of Belial:
pagan Lithuanian dynastic diplomacy 1279–1423.” Medieval
Prosopography 15 (1994): 1–77. An in-depth analysis of the
female role in dynastic politics of the early Gediminids.
4.2. Belarus (short selection)
Bibliiagrafiia pa gistoryi Belarusi: Feadalizm i kapitalizm.
[Belarusian history Bibliography: Feudalism and Capitalism]
Minsk, 1969.
Entsyklapedyia gistoryi Belarusi. [Encyclopedia of the
History of Belarus] 6 vols. Мinsk, 1993–2002.
Kniga Belorussii: 1517–1917. Svodnyj katalog. [The book of
Belarus: 1517–1917. Consolidated catalogue] Minsk, 1986.
Krautsevich, A. Stvarenne Vialikaga kniastva Litouskaga.
[Foundation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania] Rzeszów, 2000.
Religia i tsarkva na Belarusi: Entsyklapedychny davednik.
[Religion and church in Belarus: Encyclopedia] Мinsk, 2001.
Saganovich, G. Narys gistoryi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da
kanca XVIII st. [Outline of the History of Belarus from
ancient times till the end of the 18th c.] Minsk, 2001.
Vialikae kniastva litouskae: gistoryia vyvuchennia u
1991–2003 = Grand Duchy of Lithuania: History of Research,
1991–2003. Minsk, 2005.
See also:
Poland
Central
Archive of Old Acts = Archiwum g³ówne akt dawnych
(Warsaw) (see also at
Poland)
Muzeum Czartoryskich (see also at
Poland)
Russia
Russian State Archives of Old Acts (Российский
государственный архив древних актов) Moscow
Latvia
Latvian State Historic Archives (see
also at Latvia)
Germany
Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Berlin) |