Zigmantas Kiaupa
Encyclopedia
Zigmantas Kiaupa is a Lithuania
n historian, archivist, and professor. His specialty is political history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
, history of cities and city dwellers, and study of historical sources.
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
n historian, archivist, and professor. His specialty is political history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state from the 12th /13th century until 1569 and then as a constituent part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1791 when Constitution of May 3, 1791 abolished it in favor of unitary state. It was founded by the Lithuanians, one of the polytheistic...
, history of cities and city dwellers, and study of historical sources.
Important works
- Instrukcijos feodalinių valdų administracijai Lietuvoje XVII–XIX a, 1985.
- Šiauliai XV–XVIII a.: Lietuvos mažujų miestų raidos problemos (Ph.D thesis), 1993.
- Lietuvos istorija iki 1795 m. (together with J. Kiaupienė and A. Kuncevičius),1995, (reissued in 1998); translated into English as The History of Lithuania before 1795, 2000.
- The History of Lithuania, 2000.
- Lietuvos valstybės istorija, 2004.