Res Humanitariae

Straipsnyje nagrinėjama dviejų kartų žmonių suvokiama laisvalaikio samprata ir jo leidimo būdai. Siekiama atskleisti Vilniaus apylinkėse tyrinėtų vietovių laisvalaikio specifiką, analizuojant: katalikišką sekmadieninio laisvalaikio; laisvalaikio kaip vienos veiklos pakeitimo kita; laisvalaikio „sau“ ir šeimai sampratas, parodyti santykinį laisvalaikio ir darbo svarbos suvokimą. Pagrindinis darbo šaltinis – 2017–2018 m. autorės sukaupti etnografinių lauko tyrimų duomenys Vilniaus apylinkėse, lyginimo tikslais pasitelkiant analogiška metodika pagrįstus 2012–2015 m. Vilniaus mieste atliktus šeimos laisvalaikio tyrimus.

The paper discusses the territorial-geopolitical aspect of the Lithuanian policy during the First World War, which is still not sufficiently studied or properly understood. It concerns the strategic line proposed by members of Lithuania’s conservative elite. The visible side of the line was a game of orientations: first pro-Russian, then pro-German. However, these orientations were based on an ethnographic principle, which created preconditions for the practical development of the Lithuanian nation. On the other hand, the ethnographic principle was related to the idea of national self-determination, raised by the democratic thought, which paved the way for Lithuanian national statehood. Therefore, the strategic line offered by some of the Lithuanian elite went beyond party ideology and became national.

The aim of our article is to discuss a rather well-known artefact from the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Vilnius. Although the bracelet has been somewhat widely published and exhibited, the information that usually accompanies it is little more than modest. Although it is generally pointed out that the bracelet is adorned with an Arabic inscription, there is still a question mark present. In this article, we will offer a transcription and a translation of the inscription on the bracelet, along with some parallels, which will allow us to determine the origin of this unique find in Lithuanian archaeological material.

The article is devoted to the new results on literary research about the power of memory in “Roadside Doggy” by Czesław Miłosz (1911-2004). Cz. Miłosz remembers episodes from his life in Vilnius, which is a proof of his special point of view. Miłosz’s journey, which started at the beginning of the previous century, has no limits in “Roadside Doggy”. “Two horses driven carriage” goes without obstructions, penetrates deeply into the mind, and reaches the farthest neighbourhoods. It is a kind of account with one’s past according to the idea that “man without memory is nearly dead and represents the inferior part of humanity.”

The article concentrates on the role and importance of the intellectual culture of contemplative female orders in the societies of the onetime Vilnius. The article depicts the use of normative liturgical texts and the preaching creativity in the religious activity of the order. What was emphasized were the books functioning in the characterised environment as well as the individual and collective religious reading matter and the organisation and contents of the monasterial libraries.