- Tomas Baranauskas
Tomas Baranauskas (born on
September 12 1973 inKaunas ) is aLithuania nhistorian specializing in the history of medieval Lithuania. He is the author of the book "The Formation of the Lithuanian State".Baranauskas spent his youth in
Žeimelis andAnykščiai . In 1998, he graduated from the Faculty of History at theVilnius University . Since September 1996 he works in theLithuanian Institute of History .At the end of May 2000, he published his most important book yet "The Formation of the Lithuanian State" ("Lietuvos valstybės ištakos"). In the book Baranauskas argued that the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania formed earlier than generally accepted; i.e. that the state was founded before KingMindaugas . The book received mixed reviews from the academics.Since
June 22 ,2000 , Baranauskas maintains the largest site on the medieval history of Lithuania on the Internet – "Medieval Lithuania". Since March 2003 he also administers the official website of the Lithuanian Institute of History.Books
* "Lietuvos valstybės ištakos", Vilnius, 2000, 317 p. ISBN 5-415-01495-0. - Summary: [http://viduramziu.lietuvos.net/en/state.htm The Formation of the Lithuanian State]
* "Vorutos pilis", Vilnius, 2001, 16 p. (together with Gintautas Zabiela) ISBN 9986-23-087-X.
* "Lietuvos istorijos kalendorius. 2002", Vilnius, 2001. ISBN 9986-34-086-1.
* "Lietuvos istorijos bibliografija. 1998", Vilnius, 2005, 333 p. ISSN 1392-981X.
* "Anykščių medinė pilis", Anykščiai, 2005, 16 p.External links
* [http://www.istorija.lt/html/tbaranauskas.html Information about T: Baranauskas] Archeology Departament of Lithuanian History Institute
* [http://viduramziu.lietuvos.net/en/ Medieval Lithuania] Medieval history of Lithuania
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