Urban Culture and Everyday Life in Lithuania in the 17th and 18th Centuries

Dr. Stasys Samalavičius was prolific Lithuanian historian whose interests encompassed the material culture of Lithuanian cities and towns, forms of urban life, and Baroque architecture, as well as various aspects of everyday life in Lithuanian burghers in the 17th and 18th centuries. He obtained his doctorate in 1973 from Vilnius University (Lithuania). He spent several decades doing research at the Institute for Monument Conservation and taught at Vilnius University. He was the founder of everyday life studies in Lithuania, and he contributed significantly to research on Lithuania’s urban and cultural history. In addition, he was a public historian who wrote for general public and appeared on national TV and radio.

Almantas Samalavičius is an architectural historian, theorist and critic as well as literary scholar. An author of more than 20 books and edited volumes, he is professor at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Lithuania) where he teaches architectural aesthetics, criticism and urban culture. He has previously co-authored with Stasys Samalavičius, a scholarly monograph on Vilnius SS. Peter and Paul’s Church, and has compiled and edited the present volume for publication.