Lietuvos istorijos metraštis

The article analyses late 14th – early 15th-century scale armour plates from the grounds of the castles in Vilnius. This as yet poorly investigated topic allows a broader survey of the construction and development of the armour of the Vilnius castle garrisons and the GDL army to be made. The amour plate analysis showed that the armour elements used by some GDL warriors in the late 14th – early 15th century had ties to the armour used in the lands of the Eastern Slavs and in Western Europe at this time and somewhat prior to it. Scale armour subtypes, which have no analogies and can probably be associated with local armour manufacturers, were also discovered.

On the map of schools in 18th-century Vilnius, a prominent place was occupied by the Vilnius Academy, which during the times of the Commission of National Education was called the Main School of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and after the loss of independence of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Vilnius Main School. In addition to the university, there were also schools providing secondary and elementary education, as well as educational institutions. The paper is an attempt to look at the possibilities of education in Vilnius during the period of the Commission of National Education and in the years after the Commission, until the reform of Alexander I in 1803.

The aim of the article is to highlight the peaceful functioning of the military garrison in Vilnius from the mid-1760s to the early 1790s. In addition to other issues, the article presents the peaceful composition and structure of the garrison, the form of accommodation, the functions performed by the army, as well as conflict situations.

The article presents a discussion of the state of the city of Vilnius, its buildings, people, disasters and memorable events following the disasters that swept through in the beginning of the 18th century. The start of the Great Northern War in 1700 (1700–1721), the campaigns of the Lithuanian, Russian and Swedish armies and the plague epidemic that followed the war (1710) severely affected the city of Vilnius and its inhabitants. Despite the devastation and disasters, Vilnius was still the most important city in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania where the most important political affairs in the land were decided. The article is mainly based on the letters of Maciej Józef Ancuta, the suffragan of the Bishop of Vilnius, to the Chancellor of Lithuania, Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł.

The article discusses the nature and significance of the settlement of the area bordered by Ašmenos, Mėsinių and Dysnos Streets in early Vilnius, and the links with the German Town. The period of research was chosen - from the first traces of human activity in this part of Vilnius to the 16th century, with particular emphasis on the earliest period - late 14th century - the first half of the 15th century, which is the least covered in Vilnius studies.