Presentations by Streams

The topic of the panel is the multicultural and multidisciplinary approach to studying the interactive contacts between the Western and Central parts of Europe and the East Slavic component of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL). — The first presenter, Hanna Mazheika, examines the image of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that was constructed through communication channels during the early modern period. Janusz Radziwiłł’s activities and the correspondence exchange between him and King James gave the Grand Duchy of Lithuania very much a Protestant identity at the international level, which was in contrast to the Polish monarchical authority whose identity was clearly Catholic. — The second paper presenter A. Susha deals with Francysk Skaryna heritage in the world: there are 520 printed copies and 45 handwritten texts of the Skaryna books that are stored in public and private collections in Belarus, the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, the USA, Ukraine and the Czech Republic. — The third presenter, S. Földvári deals with Belarusian liturgical books in the Hungarian Kingdom. There are four rarities in five copies in the recent territory of Hungary: A) “Apostle” printed by Spiridon Sobol in Kutein, 1632; -B) “Four Gospel and Psalter” printed by the Basilian Order in Vilna (Vilnius) / Jewie (Vievis), in 1641; -C) two examples of the Supraśľ Liturgicon 1695 (Halenchenka, 1986: № 175); -D) a Psalter, printed by the Orthodox Confraternity in Mogiliov, 1738; (Halenchenka 1986: № 216) He discovered new archival sources about the provenance of these books. — The fourth presenter Siarhei Marozaŭ deals with the anniversaries as a form of historical memory correction and forming identity. E.g. 800th anniversary of Niasvizh (1223), 700th of Vilnius and Lida (1323), 600th of Ivanov (1423), 500th of Petrikov (1523). 555 years of the first law collection of GDL (1468). 400th anniversary of the sad religious event –saint Yazafat Kuntsevich was killed in Vitebsk (1623). – For further details and CV-s of the authors, please visit the site of our panel: https://wp.me/PD47I-cW