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Miracles and Divine Intervention during the Struggle between the Teutonic Order and Lithuania in Christian Narratives from the 14th Century 14 世纪基督教叙事中条顿骑士团与立陶宛斗争期间的奇迹与神的干预

Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis Pub Date : 2023-12-07 DOI: 10.15181/ahuk.v44i0.2575

Yanina Ryier

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Angels Raising Souls to Heaven: Images of Entering Life after Death during the Christianisation of Livonia and Prussia 天使将灵魂升入天堂：利沃尼亚和普鲁士基督教化时期的死后生活图像

Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis Pub Date : 2023-12-07 DOI: 10.15181/ahuk.v44i0.2572

Marius Ščavinskas

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Apie valdovo vienatvę (Rec. kn.: RIER, Ianina. Pravitel' i obshchestvo na belorusskikh zemliakh v XIII – pervoi treti XV v.: osnavnye mekhanizmy politogeneza, legitimizatsii i sakralizatsii vlasti. Mogilev, 2020. – 256 s. ISBN 978-985-568-658-4) 论统治者的孤独》（Rec. in RIER, Ianina.Pravitel' i obshchestvo na belorusskikh zemliakh v XIII - pervoi treti XV v.: osnavnye mekhanizmy politogeneza, legitimizatsii i sakralizatsii vlasti. Mogilev, 2020.Mogilev, 2020. - 256 p. ISBN 978-985-568-658-4)

Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis Pub Date : 2023-12-07 DOI: 10.15181/ahuk.v44i0.2579

Vytas Jankauskas

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Ką mums gali pasakyti Mindaugo dovanojimas vyskupui Kristijonui? Apmąstymai galimos polemikos fone | The Donation of King Mindaugas to the Lithuanian Bishop Christian: Considerations on a Possible Controversy 明道加斯送给克里斯蒂约纳斯主教的礼物能告诉我们什么？对可能出现的争议的思考｜明道加斯国王向立陶宛主教克里斯蒂安的捐赠。

Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis Pub Date : 2023-12-07 DOI: 10.15181/ahuk.v44i0.2576

Vytas Jankauskas

{"title":"Ką mums gali pasakyti Mindaugo dovanojimas vyskupui Kristijonui? Apmąstymai galimos polemikos fone | The Donation of King Mindaugas to the Lithuanian Bishop Christian: Considerations on a Possible Controversy","authors":"Vytas Jankauskas","doi":"10.15181/ahuk.v44i0.2576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15181/ahuk.v44i0.2576","url":null,"abstract":"The Christianisation of Lithuania is usually dated to the late 14th and early 15th centuries, but the first attempt to turn Lithuania into a Christian kingdom was made by Mindaugas. In 1251 he was baptised by the Master of Livonia Andreas de Velven (also known as von Stirland), and in 1253 was crowned King of Lithuania with the support of Pope Innocent IV. Christian (Kristijonas), the Livonian priest who taught the ruler the virtues of Christianity, a member of the Teutonic Order, became the first Bishop of Lithuania at Mindaugas’ request. It is known that Mindaugas bequeathed several lands to Christian in 1254. The article examines the background to this act of providing for the Diocese of Lithuania. The author argues that the donation of the possessions to Christian is the most important source that can help identify Mindaugas’ own domain. He hypothesises that Mindaugas’ domain may have been located south of the lands donated to Bishop Christian, in an area known in historiography as the defence line of the lower River Nemunas. In his analysis of this hypothesis, the author presents arguments that invite us to reconsider the established assertion in historiography that the domains of the senior dukes could have been located in present-day east Lithuania.","PeriodicalId":34649,"journal":{"name":"Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139011705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Marius ŠČAVINSKAS – Tęsiami senosios Prūsijos žemių tyrimai (Rec. kn.: SZCZEPAŃSKI, Seweryn. Pomezania. Na styku świata pogańskiego i chrześcijańskiego (studia z dziejów). Olsztyn, 2019. – 267 s. ISBN 978-83-955525-5-7) Marius ŠČAVINSKAS - Tęsiami senosios Prūsijos žemių tyrimai (Review kn..：SZCZEPAŃSKI, Seweryn.Pomezania.Na styku świata pogańskiego i chrześcijańskiego (studia z dziejów).奥尔什丁，2019 年。ISBN 978-83-955525-5-7)

Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis Pub Date : 2023-12-07 DOI: 10.15181/ahuk.v44i0.2578

Marius Ščavinskas

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The Christianisation of the Baltic Seen from Medieval France 从中世纪法国看波罗的海的基督教化

Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis Pub Date : 2023-12-07 DOI: 10.15181/ahuk.v44i0.2574

Loïc Chollet

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Cremation and Christianity in the Lower Daugava Area in the Tenth to the 13th Century: A Case Study Based on Liv Burials in the Ogresgala Čabas Cemetery 10-13 世纪下道加瓦地区的火葬与基督教：基于奥格瑞斯加拉-查巴斯墓地中的活人墓葬的案例研究

Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis Pub Date : 2023-12-07 DOI: 10.15181/ahuk.v44i0.2571

Rūdolfs Brūzis, Roberts Spirģis

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Įvadas 导言

Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis Pub Date : 2023-12-07 DOI: 10.15181/ahuk.v44i0.2570

Marius Ščavinskas

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Morality Tale or Attempt at Reportage? Yet Another Look at Peter von Dusburg’s Description of the Prussian Pagan Religion 道德故事还是报告文学的尝试？再看彼得-冯-杜斯堡对普鲁士异教的描述

Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis Pub Date : 2023-12-07 DOI: 10.15181/ahuk.v44i0.2573

R. Mažeika

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Aktoriai ir socialiniai tinklai viduramžių Livonijoje (Rec. kn.: Making Livonia: Actors and Networks in the Medieval and Early Modern Baltic Sea Region. Ed. by Anu MÄND, Marek TAMM. London, New York, 2020. – 344 pp. ISBN: 978-0-367-27309-5) Aktoriai ir socialiniai tinklai viduramžių Livonijoje (Rec. kn.)：打造利沃尼亚：中世纪和现代早期波罗的海地区的行动者和网络》。Anu MÄND, Marek TAMM 编辑。伦敦、纽约，2020 年。- 344 pp.ISBN: 978-0-367-27309-5)

Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis Pub Date : 2023-12-07 DOI: 10.15181/ahuk.v44i0.2577

A. Brazauskas

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