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The most comprehensive survey of Polish history available in English, God's Playground demonstrates Poland's importance in European history from medieval times to the present.

Table of Contents
Maps and Diagrams Illustrations Notes on the Illustrations Chronology I. Introduction: The Origins to 15721. Millenium: A Thousand Years of History (Historiography) 2. Polska: The Polish Land (Historical Geography) 3. Piast: The Polonian Dynasty (to 1370) 4. Anjou: The Hungarian Connection (1370-1386) 5. Jogaila: The Lithuanian Union (1386-1572)II. The Life and Death of the Polish-Lithuanian Republic (1569-1795)6. Antemurale: The Bulwark of Christendom (Religion) 7. Szlachta: The Nobleman's Paradise (Society) 8. Handel: The Baltic Grain Trade (Economy) 9. Miasto: The Vicissitudes of Urban Life (The Cities) 10. Anarchia: The Noble Democracy (Constitution) 11. Serenissima: Diplomacy in Poland-Lithuania (Foreign Affairs) 12. Valois: The French Experiment (1572-1575) 13. Bathory: The Transylvanian Victor (1576-1586) 14. Vasa: The Swedish Connection (1587-1668) 15. Michal: The Austrian Connection (1669-1673) 16. Sobieski: Terror of the Turk (1674-1696) 17. Wettin: The Saxon Era (1697-1763) 18. Agonia: The End of the Russian Protectorate (1764-1795)Notes on the TextIndex

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: 31/05/2005
      ISBN13: 9780231128179, 978-0231128179
      ISBN10: 0231128177

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The most comprehensive survey of Polish history available in English, God's Playground demonstrates Poland's importance in European history from medieval times to the present.

      Table of Contents
      Maps and Diagrams Illustrations Notes on the Illustrations Chronology I. Introduction: The Origins to 15721. Millenium: A Thousand Years of History (Historiography) 2. Polska: The Polish Land (Historical Geography) 3. Piast: The Polonian Dynasty (to 1370) 4. Anjou: The Hungarian Connection (1370-1386) 5. Jogaila: The Lithuanian Union (1386-1572)II. The Life and Death of the Polish-Lithuanian Republic (1569-1795)6. Antemurale: The Bulwark of Christendom (Religion) 7. Szlachta: The Nobleman's Paradise (Society) 8. Handel: The Baltic Grain Trade (Economy) 9. Miasto: The Vicissitudes of Urban Life (The Cities) 10. Anarchia: The Noble Democracy (Constitution) 11. Serenissima: Diplomacy in Poland-Lithuania (Foreign Affairs) 12. Valois: The French Experiment (1572-1575) 13. Bathory: The Transylvanian Victor (1576-1586) 14. Vasa: The Swedish Connection (1587-1668) 15. Michal: The Austrian Connection (1669-1673) 16. Sobieski: Terror of the Turk (1674-1696) 17. Wettin: The Saxon Era (1697-1763) 18. Agonia: The End of the Russian Protectorate (1764-1795)Notes on the TextIndex

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