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Structure and value of Praise

Nicholas Zharkikh

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The development of political thought in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (actually, panegirism) illustrates the following table lists the rulers (20 lines, 3 texts).

The internal structure of the PV-2 rather varied. In my opinion, "Praise" consists of the following components:

1. Introduction (29 – 34).

2. Relations with the Roman emperor, Lutsk congress (35 – 41).

3. The list of lands and rulers, that salute (i. e. are equal!) Vytautas (42 – 50).

4. A list of lands and rulers, that served Vytautas (51 – 64). The list contain also the Grand Duke of Moscow (remember the PV-1!), but at the last moment it was decided to raise him to the rank to "friend." It was neglected to move him above, in the friends list.

5. Vytautas – a formidable ruler (65 – 68). A fragment of this description used above (50), in connection with the Jagiello.

6. Ending (69), cut short on the half-word (see the full text of it in the PV-1).

7. Start the story about the visit of Vytautas in Kyiv and the appointment of the Tartar king (70 – 72).

8. Plug the story of the 3 kings Tatar (73 – 86), with its own ending "back to its original" (85).

9. The end of the story about the visit of Vytautas in Kyiv and the appointment of the Tatar king (87 – 89).

10. The ending (90).