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The history of Lithuania dates back to settlements founded about 10,000 years ago, [1] [2] but the first written record of the name for the country dates back to 1009 ...
Lithuania, [b] officially the Republic of Lithuania, [c] is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. [d] It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and the Russian semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a maritime border with Sweden to the west.
It is believed that ancient Lithuania covered around 80,000 km 2 and was home to around 300,000 inhabitants, most of them living as farmers. [6] Traditionally historians divide Aukštaitija into six attested lands — Nalšia, Deltuva, Upytė, Lietuva, Neris and Deremela, [b] with Lietuva (Lethowia) [1] passing on its name to the entire country.
From this point on the history of Lithuania is recorded in chronicles, treaties, and other written documents. In 1219, 21 Lithuanian dukes signed a peace treaty with Galicia–Volhynia . This event is widely accepted as the first proof that the Baltic tribes were uniting and consolidating. [ 1 ]
The Lithuanian Metrica : History and Research. Academic Studies Press. Brighton & United States, 2020. ISBN 978-1644693100; Jūratė Kiaupienė. Between Rome and Byzantium: The Golden Age of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania's Political Culture. Second half of the fifteenth century to first half of the seventeenth century. Academic Studies Press ...
Lithuanian Pole Theodor Narbutt writes a wide, romantically colored History of Lithuania. Being written in Polish and promoting Polish humanitarian values, it however shows the Lithuanian nation and history as heroic and unique, and this historical work becomes one of flags for all the movement, mentioned above. 1845
The Kingdom of Lithuania was a sovereign state that existed from the 17 July 1251 until the death of the first crowned king of Lithuania, Mindaugas, on 12 September 1263. [1] Mindaugas was the only Lithuanian monarch crowned king with the assent of the Pope and the head of the first catholic Lithuanian state.
History of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos istorija) or Academic History of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Akademinė Lietuvos istorija) is a thirteen-volume series of books dedicated to the history of Lithuania. The project is organised by the Lithuanian Institute of History, with the assistance of various Lithuanian universities.