Zigmantas Kiaupa (29 June 1942 in
Pakiaunis village near
Ignalina) is a
Lithuanian historian, archivist, and professor. His specialty is political history of the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state that existed from the 13th century to 1795, when the territory was partitioned among the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Habsburg Empire of Austria. The state was founded by Lit ...
, history of cities and city dwellers, and study of historical sources.
Important works
*''Instrukcijos feodalinių valdų administracijai Lietuvoje XVII–XIX a'', 1985.
*''Šiauliai XV–XVIII a.: Lietuvos mažujų miestų raidos problemos'' (Ph.D thesis), 1993.
*''Lietuvos istorija iki 1795 m.'' (together with J. Kiaupienė and A. Kuncevičius),1995, (reissued in 1998); translated into English as ''The History of Lithuania before 1795'', 2000.
*''The History of Lithuania'', 2000.
*''Lietuvos valstybės istorija'', 2004.
External links
*
Short bio and bibliography at Lithuanian History Institute website
1942 births
Living people
20th-century Lithuanian historians
Historians of Lithuania
Vilnius University alumni
Writers from Vilnius
21st-century Lithuanian historians
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