Golden age of Belarusian history
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The Golden age of Belarusian history is the metaphorical term, relating to the period of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
. Particularly, it is sometimes used in relation to the Belarusian history of the entire 16th century.
This is sometimes related to certain relaxation, and even partial and temporary reversion, of the Polish
and Catholic
cultural-religious expansion (end of the 14th–17th centuries) to Ruthenian Lands (so, Eastern Slavic
and Orthodox
) of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
in the 1500s–1570s, esp. in the 1550s–1570s. However, as a large percentage of the population of what is now Belarus has been Roman Catholic or Protestant at that time, this is not entirely correct.
The authorship of the term is attributed to the contemporary writer and publicist Fyodar Yewlashowski (Yewlashewski). In the Soviet propagandist literature, the authorship of the term had been incorrectly attributed, sometimes, to the "Belarusian bourgeois nationalists" (Soviet post-1920s political label for the non-Soviet Belarusian national activists), notably to Vaclau Lastouski
.
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state from the 12th /13th century until 1569 and then as a constituent part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1791 when Constitution of May 3, 1791 abolished it in favor of unitary state. It was founded by the Lithuanians, one of the polytheistic...
. Particularly, it is sometimes used in relation to the Belarusian history of the entire 16th century.
This is sometimes related to certain relaxation, and even partial and temporary reversion, of the Polish
Poles
thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...
and Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
cultural-religious expansion (end of the 14th–17th centuries) to Ruthenian Lands (so, Eastern Slavic
Slavic peoples
The Slavic people are an Indo-European panethnicity living in Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe, North Asia and Central Asia. The term Slavic represents a broad ethno-linguistic group of people, who speak languages belonging to the Slavic language family and share, to varying degrees, certain...
and Orthodox
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...
) of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state from the 12th /13th century until 1569 and then as a constituent part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1791 when Constitution of May 3, 1791 abolished it in favor of unitary state. It was founded by the Lithuanians, one of the polytheistic...
in the 1500s–1570s, esp. in the 1550s–1570s. However, as a large percentage of the population of what is now Belarus has been Roman Catholic or Protestant at that time, this is not entirely correct.
The authorship of the term is attributed to the contemporary writer and publicist Fyodar Yewlashowski (Yewlashewski). In the Soviet propagandist literature, the authorship of the term had been incorrectly attributed, sometimes, to the "Belarusian bourgeois nationalists" (Soviet post-1920s political label for the non-Soviet Belarusian national activists), notably to Vaclau Lastouski
Vaclau Lastouski
Vaclaw Lastowski was a Belarusian critic, historian of literature, and politician.Was a member of Council of the Belarusian Democratic Republic. Has published many books about Belarus, recognized the right of the people of Belarus to self-determination...
.