The Lithuanian metrica : history and research / Artūras Dubonis [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dubonis, Artūras, author.

Antanavičius, Darius, Author.

Ragauskienė, Raimonda, Author.

Series:

Lithuanian studies without borders.

Lithuanian studies without borders

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lithuania.

Archival resources--Lithuania.

Archival resources.

Archives--Lithuania--History.

Archives.

Litovskai︠a︡ metrika--History.

Litovskai︠a︡ metrika.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Place of Publication:

Brookline, Massachusetts : Academic Studies Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book analyzes the history of the Lithuanian Metrica—the chancellery books of the Lithuanian grand duke—from the formation of its books in the mid-fifteenth century until now. It reveals how the first Metrica books emerged in the second half of the fifteenth century, discussing the titles given to them in different periods in history, and explains why the Lithuanian Metrica should be considered the state archive of early Lithuania. Material hitherto unknown in academic literature about the fate of the Lithuanian Metrica at the end of the eighteenth century, in the last years of the existence of the joint Polish-Lithuanian state, is also revealed in this account. The book dedicates a great deal of attention to the history of the publication and research of the documents and books of the Lithuanian Metrica, which are now kept in Moscow, Russia, as a historical source.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. The Lithuanian Metrica: The Concept, Term, and Archival Characteristics

Chapter 2. The Grand Issue of the History of the Lithuanian Metrica—the Appearance of the Books (until the Late Sixteenth Century)

Chapter 3. The Chancellery of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Lithuanian Metrica in the Fifteenth–First Half of the Sixteenth Centuries

Chapter 4. The Chancellery of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Lithuanian Metrica in the Mid-Sixteenth–First Quarter of the Seventeenth Centuries

Chapter 5. The Chancellery of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and its Staff from the 1620's to the Eighteenth Century

Chapter 6. Structure, Handling, and Control Issues Regarding the Lithuanian Metrica

Chapter 7. Storage of the Lithuanian Metrica: Balancing State Interests and Personal Whims

Chapter 8. The Eighteenth Century—a Time of Journeys: The Lithuanian Metrica between Vilnius, Warsaw, and Saint Petersburg

Chapter 9. In Foreign Hands

Chapter 10. Research and Publishing

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-64469-377-1

1-64469-311-9

OCLC:

1151530320