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1. The foundator of the Sts Peter and Paul church expressed his last will to be buried beneath the doorsill of the church. Could you tell what values of the baroque epoch are embodied in this request?

2. With reference to M. K. Pacas example could it be said, that the  Catholic gentry, which possessed great wealth and held highest appointments, in the mostly influenced the flowering of the European baroque art?

3. Try to describe, what elements, common to European baroque architecture, could be noticed in Sts Peter and Paul church in Vilnius?

4. What is a “historic document” and what does it mean “documented history”?

5. Try to explain the difference of these concepts employing the archival situation of the 17th century Vilnius.

6. Find examples of historical past where the concept “documented history” could be applied.

7. What do you think could be the meaning of the term “non-documented history”?