TY - BOOK ID - 77941452 TI - Making a Great Ruler : Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania PY - 2006 SN - 6155211078 1281376779 9786611376772 1429413433 9781429413435 9781281376770 9637326561 9789637326561 9786155211072 9637326588 9789637326585 9789633862315 PB - New York : Central European University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Vytautas, KW - Witowt, KW - Witold, KW - Vitovt, KW - Vitautas, KW - Lithuania KW - Leedu Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik KW - Lietuva KW - Lietuvos Respublika KW - Lietuvos T.S.R. KW - Lietuvos TSR KW - Liṭa KW - Liṭe KW - Lithuanian S.S.R. KW - Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic KW - Lithuanian SSR KW - Litovska SSR KW - Litovskai︠a︡ Sovetskai︠a︡ Sot︠s︡ialisticheskai︠a︡ Respublika KW - Litovskai︠a︡ SSR KW - Litovskaya S.S.R. KW - Litovskaya Sovetskaya Sot︠s︡ialisticheskaya Respublika KW - Litovskaya SSR KW - Lituania KW - Lituanie KW - Litva KW - Litwa KW - Republic of Lithuania KW - Литва KW - 立陶宛 KW - Litaowan KW - Lithuanie KW - Litauen KW - Litvánia KW - リトアニア共和国 KW - Ritoania Kyōwakoku KW - リトアニア KW - Ritoania KW - 리투아니아 KW - Litvanya KW - Ostland KW - Poland KW - Kings and rulers KW - Kings and rulers. KW - Vytautas. KW - Russia. KW - Lithuania. KW - Russia KW - History. KW - Czars (Kings and rulers) KW - Kings and rulers, Primitive KW - Monarchs KW - Royalty KW - Rulers KW - Sovereigns KW - Tsars KW - Tzars KW - Heads of state KW - Queens KW - Russian S.F.S.R. KW - Russia (Territory under White armies, 1918-1920) KW - Russie KW - Rossīi︠a︡ KW - Rossīĭskai︠a︡ Imperīi︠a︡ KW - Russia (Provisional government, 1917) KW - Russia (Vremennoe pravitelʹstvo, 1917) KW - Russland KW - Ṛusastan KW - Russia (Tymchasovyĭ uri︠a︡d, 1917) KW - Russian Empire KW - Rosja KW - 14th century, 15th century, Biography, Historiography, Kings and rulers, Lithuania, Memory politics. KW - Litovskai͡a Sovetskai͡a Sot͡sialisticheskai͡a Respublika KW - Litovskai͡a SSR KW - Litovskaya Sovetskaya Sot͡sialisticheskaya Respublika KW - Europe KW - 1917 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77941452 AB - How does a ruler become "the Great"? Is greatness a part of authority exercised or a part of an image created? These and other questions are addressed in this volume on the life and memory of Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania (r.1392-1430). The study raises a hypothesis that Vytautas was the main engineer of his image as the great ruler while his contemporaries and later generations developed this image and adapted it to their needs and understandings. Investigating the propaganda surrounding the grand duke, this study reveals that, in fact, there were two opposite images: that of a good ruler and that of a tyrant. The paradox is that frequently these opposites were based on the same features of the grand duke's character or episodes from his biography. The research is based on a wide array of written and visual sources as well as on records of oral tradition. ER -