The Battle of Orsha (1514) on Maps: Mapping the Muscovian War
as Renaissance Politics of Memory
The Battle of Orsha (1514) on Maps: Mapping the Muscovian War
as Renaissance Politics of Memory
Author(s): Jakub Niedźwiedź Subject(s): Military history, Political history, 16th Century
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: 1514 Battle of Orsha; Renaissance cartography; Renaissance literature; Muscovy; Grand Duchy of Lithuania; Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; cartographical rhetoric; Bernard Wapowski;
Summary/Abstract: On 14 September 1514, in the vicinity of the town of Orsha, the com- bined Lithuanian-Polish forces defeated the Muscovian army. Among many texts commemorating the battle are maps published between 1526 and the mid-seventeenth century. The author argues that each cartographical rep- resentation of the battle can be interpreted as an example of Renaissance politics of memory. The struggle could be an element of the Jagiellonian dynastic propaganda, an argument in the competition between the Lithuanian Ruthenia and Muscovy, a fragment of the republican discourse or a part of narration about the great past of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Journal: Odrodzenie i Reformacja w Polsce
- Issue Year: 67/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 59-68
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
