Zigmantas Kiaupa is one of the foremost historians in Lithuania. A specialist in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania’s political, cultural, and urban history, he is the author of numerous highly regarded books and articles published in Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Russia, and elsewhere. Beyond his specialties, he has also pioneered in the writing and coauthoring of several complete histories of Lithuania. Anything Kiaupa writes must be taken seriously. Furthermore, the publisher, Baltos Lankos, is the premier Lithuanian publisher of scholarly books in the humanities. http://www.lituanus.org/2010/10_1_07%...
