The Polish-Lithuanian State, 1386-1795

Governed by a constitutional monarchy that offered the numerous nobility extensive civil and political rights, Polish-Lithuanian state enjoyed unusual domestic tranquillity, for its military strength kept most enemies at bay until the mid-seventeenth century. This title presents an account that deals with this important era.

List of contents

Foreword

Preface

Maps

Part One: The Jagiellonian Period, 1386-1572

1. Jogaila/Jagiello

2. Jagiello's Successors: Wladyslaw III, Kazimierz IV, Jan Olbracht, and Aleksander

3. Zygmunt I the Old

4. Zygmunt II August

5. Ecomonics & Society in the Jagiellonian Period

6. Artistic Culture & Education in the Jagiellonian Period

7. First Interlude: Henri Valois & Stefan Batory

Part Two: The Vasa Period

8. Zygmunt II Vasa (Waza)

9. Wladyslaw IV

10. Jan Kazimierz

11. Noble Democracy as a Political System

12. Economics & Society in the Vasa Period

13. Culture in the Vasa Period

14. Second Interlude: Michal Wisniowiecki & Jan III Sobieski

Part Three: The Eighteenth Century

15. August II

16. August III

17. Stanislaw August Poniatowski

18. Economics &Society in the Eighteenth Century

19. Culture in the Eighteenth Century

Epilogue

Bibliographical Essay

Index

About the author

Daniel Z. Stone

Summary

Governed by a constitutional monarchy that offered the numerous nobility extensive civil and political rights, Polish-Lithuanian state enjoyed unusual domestic tranquillity, for its military strength kept most enemies at bay until the mid-seventeenth century. This title presents an account that deals with this important era.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Z Stone, Daniel Z. Stone
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2001
• EAN: 9780295980935
• ISBN: 978-0-295-98093-5
• No. of pages: 392
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 273 mm x 31 mm
• Weight: 734 g
• Illustrations: 5 maps, bibliog., index, LC 00-51179
• Series: History of East Central Europe; A History of East Central Europe (HECE); History of East Central Europe; The Polish-Lithuanian State, 1386-1795
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)