This book, first published in 1994, studies the rise of a pagan state in late medieval Christendom against a background of crises in Europe.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; 1. Central and eastern Europe, 1290 1320; 2. Sources; 3. An introduction to Lithuanian political and economic history before 1315; 4. The expansion of Lithuania; 5. Political ramifications of the pagan cult; 6. The Metropolitanate of Lithuania; 7. Pagans, peace, and the pope, 1322 84; 8. The harshest realpolitik; 9. 1339 45: endings and beginnings; 10. Factors contributing to the formation of the Grand Duchy; Appendices.
