Žemaitija ir Lietuva XIII –XVIII VIII amžiuje: regioninės (provincinės) savivaldos spindesys ir skurdas
Samogitia and Lithuania in 13–18th Centuries: the Splendour and the Poverty of Regional (Provincial) Self-Governing

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the development of Samogitia’s relationship with Lithuania since the middle of the 13th century to the end of the 18th century. In the course of this period Samogitia experienced different patterns of relationship towards Lithuania: hostile western cultural pressure in the Middle ages; legitimate agreement on the part of Samogitians with Lithuanian monarchy which provided for the autonomy of Samogitia in 15–16 c.; the merge of Samogitian nobles with the nobility of Grand Duchy of Lithuania at the end of 16 c. to 18 c. The latter merge meant the decline of the power of regional ruling elite, having blocked the way to form a separate Samogitian political identity. All this hindered the rise of more forceful regional trends of separatism.

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