Publications

This biographical list consists of the works of one of the most famous and productive historians of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Dr. Mečislovas Jučas. It spans over 57 years and includes books; articles in encyclopedias and serial publications; internet webpages; edited works and reviewed works (including dissertations and master’s theses). Dr. Jučas is a member of the Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Sciences, recipient of the Simonas Daukantas Prize, Knight of the Order of the Grand Duke Gediminas, and long-time professor of the History Faculty at Vilnius University. This list includes critical works about M. Jučas as well as an introductory article by Prof. Vytautas Merkys, which provides a biographical overview and descriptions of some of the most important research findings of Dr. M. Jučas.

This is a catalogue of the exhibition at the Applied Arts Museum of the most recently restored artifacts found in the territory of the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania.

Twenty scholarly articles prepared on the basis of presentations at the international conference on the Union of Lublin at the Lithuanian Museum of Art’s Applied Arts Museum on November 19-20, 2009.

This book is a first attempt to become reacquainted with what historians have forgotten and archaeologists have found – old toys and games, which were the most important friends and educational tools of our youth. At first glance, research into the leisure activities of prehistoric times might seem simple and fun but, in truth, is also important and meaningful. By researching the games of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the 13th-17th centuries, an attempt is made to answer essential questions concerning their chronology, geographical and social spread, origin, development, and ties with their geographical neighbors, near and far. The book raises questions concerning the social and cultural aspects of leisure activities; the probable cultural, economic, and political reasons for the popularity and legality of toys and games, and their place in the populace of the time. This book should be of interest not only to specialists, but also to the general public interested in the history of Lithuanian toys and everyday life.

Previously unpublished research reports covering thirty years of archaeological investigations of ancient burial sites, ritual sites, settlements, and graves of important historical persons.

The first part of this two-part book is an original and comprehensive scholarly monograph on the historical collection of tapestries belonging to the rulers of Lithuania and Poland and the fate of that collection by the art historian and researcher of old Lithuanian artistic textiles and associate professor at the UNESCO Cultural Management and Cultural Policy Department of the Vilnius Art Academy, Dr. Ieva Jedzinskaitė-Kuizinienė. A catalogue of the tapestry collection at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania (as of 2011) prepared by the author is the second part of this book.

This palace chronicle is a serial publication begun in 2011. It contains survey articles in Lithuanian reflecting the broad sweep of work done at the National Museum – Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania during a set period of time, from scholarly publications to public education. It also contains articles by museum staff and other scholars from Lithuania and abroad (one article is in German) on particular topics of interest.

The book cover features Sigismund Vasa, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland, who recaptured Smolensk on June 13, 1611, after the city had been under the rule of the Grand Duchy of Moscow for nearly a hundred years. The ruler’s victorious military expedition was crowned by a day of triumph, ceremoniously celebrated in Vilnius on July 24, 1611. This is evidenced by a unique surviving manuscript dedicated to the ruler, Dies Triumphi, which is decorated with golden letters and verses laid out to recreate triumphal arches. After 400 years, this Latin manuscript and its Lithuanian translation is being published.  The ruler’s reception ceremony and the historical circumstances of the regaining of Smolensk are discussed in introductory articles by Vilnius University Prof. Eugenija Ulčinaitė and Dr. Eugenijus Savičevas.