Journal:Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis
Volume 36 (2018): The Unending War? The Baltic States after 1918 = Nesibaigiantis karas? Baltijos šalys po 1918 metų, pp. 261–287
Pub. online:12 Dec 2018Type:Book ReviewOpen Access
Journal:Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis
Volume 36 (2018): The Unending War? The Baltic States after 1918 = Nesibaigiantis karas? Baltijos šalys po 1918 metų, pp. 254–258
Pub. online:12 Dec 2018Type:Book ReviewOpen Access
Journal:Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis
Volume 36 (2018): The Unending War? The Baltic States after 1918 = Nesibaigiantis karas? Baltijos šalys po 1918 metų, pp. 245–253
Pub. online:12 Dec 2018Type:Book ReviewOpen Access
Journal:Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis
Volume 37 (2018): Medieval Warriors in the Slavic and Baltic Area = Viduramžių kariauninkai slavų ir baltų erdvėje, pp. 189–195
Pub. online:12 Dec 2018Type:Book ReviewOpen Access
Journal:Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis
Volume 37 (2018): Medieval Warriors in the Slavic and Baltic Area = Viduramžių kariauninkai slavų ir baltų erdvėje, pp. 181–187
Pub. online:12 Dec 2018Type:Source PublicationOpen Access
Journal:Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis
Volume 36 (2018): The Unending War? The Baltic States after 1918 = Nesibaigiantis karas? Baltijos šalys po 1918 metų, pp. 177–242
Pub. online:12 Dec 2018Type:Book ReviewOpen Access
Journal:Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis
Volume 37 (2018): Medieval Warriors in the Slavic and Baltic Area = Viduramžių kariauninkai slavų ir baltų erdvėje, pp. 175–180
Journal:Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis
Volume 36 (2018): The Unending War? The Baltic States after 1918 = Nesibaigiantis karas? Baltijos šalys po 1918 metų, pp. 151–174
Abstract
On 13 August 1949, in Užpelkiai Forest in northern Lithuania, on the border of the Grinkiškis and Baisogala rural districts in Radviliškis County, a battle by Lithuanian partisans that had a significant impact on the history of the Prisikėlimas (Resurrection) district took place. The leaders of the Lietuvos Laisvės Kovos Sąjūdis (Movement for the Struggle for Lithuania’s Freedom) operated in this district. Based on the approach of modern conflict archaeology, the authors of the article, helped by volunteers, determined the location of the Battle of Užpelkiai Forest (in the Grinkiškis rural district, Radviliškis County), and collected a lot of new archaeological and historical data, in order to reconstruct the progress of the attack by MGB (Ministry of State Security) troops and the partisan defence. By referring to complex research results, the article gives the surnames and duties in the organisation of all the partisans who participated, as well as the circumstances and progress of the battle. It shows the importance of the Battle of Užpelkiai Forest to the Lietuvos Laisvės Kovos Sąjūdis in 1949–1950. The case study of field research into the battle in the partisan war shows how complex historical and archaeological research complements the picture of the partisan war with facts and artefacts, clarifies or denies old interpretations, and leads us to new ones.
Journal:Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis
Volume 37 (2018): Medieval Warriors in the Slavic and Baltic Area = Viduramžių kariauninkai slavų ir baltų erdvėje, pp. 145–171
Abstract
Since the second half of the 20th century, the phenomenon of warriors (fighters) as one of the most important components of Medieval warfare, has increased in popularity in Lithuanian historiography. Archaeologists and historians usually analyse Balt warriors differently, because of the different methodology and understanding of the development of the state; therefore, the genesis, functionality, structure and decay of warbands (supposedly, in the 14th century) are perceived very differently. This paper has three objectives: 1) descriptive research to revise different opinions on warriors between archaeologists and historians; 2) comparison to find similarities and differences in the understanding of warriors between the two disciplines; and 3) an analysis of the problems of the chronology, definition and arguments of warriors in works by Lithuanian archaeologists and historians. The article shows that the work of archaeologists and historians falls short of the method of comparison in analysing this development prior to the creation of military-social structures in Western and Central Europe. Also, only a few archaeologists and historians have attempted to define the meaning of the word ‘warrior’ within the social structures of Balt society.