6: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Making of Modern Ukraine
The Lithuanian Grand Dukes, You Don't Have to Change Anything Old
Lithuanian grand dukes are ruling a country which is already majority Slavic. So they say to the princes of Rus, you don't have to change anything. We're just going to marry into your families. You're going to regard us as the center of the state and you're going to organize taxes for us. And that's how it works. This all comes to a kind of crux in the last part of the 14th century. The Lithuanians defeat the genetic knights finally by making an alliance with the Poles. It's a personal union between Lithuanian Grand Dukes who will also be Polish kings. But most importantly, we'll talk about some of its norms
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