Mindaugas: Perbedaan antara revisi

Saat ini, Mindaugas dianggap sebagai pendiri negara Lituania yang menghentikan perluasan wilayah Tatar ke arah Laut Baltik dan membuat negaranya berkiblat ke Barat.<ref name=dubonis>{{cite book|first=Artūras |last=Dubonis |title=Mindaugo knyga: istorijos šaltiniai apie Lietuvos karalių |chapter=Belated Praise for King Mindaugas of Lithuania|publisher=[[Lithuanian Institute of History]]|year=2005| chapterurl=http://www.istorija.lt/html/body_mindaugo2005_belated.html| isbn=9986-780-68-3 |pages=17–22}}</ref><ref name=barana>{{cite book |authorlink=Tomas Baranauskas |first=Tomas |last=Baranauskas |title=Lietuvos valstybės ištakos |chapter=The Formation of the Lithuanian State | publisher=Vaga |year=2000 |chapterurl=http://viduramziu.istorija.net/en/state.htm |pages=245–272 |accessdate=20 February 2009 |isbn=5-415-01495-0 | quote= The Volhynian Chronicle gives the following description of Mindaugas' activity: Mindaugas "was a duke in the Lithuanian land, and he killed his brothers and his brothers' sons and banished others from the land and began to rule alone over the entire Lithuanian land. And he started to put on airs and enjoyed glory and might and would not put up with any opposition." |archive-date=2009-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416022111/http://viduramziu.istorija.net/en/state.htm |dead-url=yes }}</ref> Pada tahun 1990-an, sejarawan [[Edvardas Gudavičius]] menerbitkan hasil penelitiannya yang menunjukkan bahwa Mindaugas dimahkotai pada tanggal 6 Juli 1253. Hari tersebut kini dirayakan sebagai "[[Hari Kenegaraan (Lituania)|Hari Kenegaraan]]" yang merupakan hari raya nasional di Lituania.