Open AccessLietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės rusėniški regionai – tarp Rytų ir Vidurio rytų Europos
Author(s) -
Andrius Jurkevičius
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
lietuvos istorijos metraštis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2538-6549
pISSN - 0202-3342
DOI - 10.33918/25386549-202101002
Subject(s) - duchy , europeanisation , politics , ancient history , political science , history , theology , geography , law , philosophy
ANNOTATION. It is said in historiography that when the core lands of the Grand Duchy ofLithuania became Christian in 1387, the Europeanisation process started in the state. But little account is taken of the differences between its political nucleus and the peripheral regions, which consisted of Ruthenian lands. The article investigates whether the Europeanisation process in the Ruthenian lands of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania really started after 1387. It also aims to find out which European region or regions those lands could be assigned to. For this, it seeks to clarify in the article how Europe was understood in the 13th to 16th centuries, and what kind of changes took place in the Ruthenian lands of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania during that time.KEYWORDS: Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Kievan Rus’, Europe, Europeanisation, westernisation.