Political oaths were widespread in medieval times, but all over Europe their use dwindled in
the early modern period, resulting in the institution being dismantled in many states. In …

Whilst much recent scholarly work has sought to place early modern British and Irish history
within a broader continental context, most of this has focused on western or northern …

Common Wealth, Common Good is a study of the political discourse of the Commonwealth
of Poland-Lithuania in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. It argues that the …

This chapter tackles the role a Jagiellonian princess, Catherine Jagiellon, has been given in
Swedish and Finnish history culture. It illustrates how her figure has entered the historical …

This volume provides a fresh perspective of the history and legacy of the Polish-Lithuanian
Commonwealth, as well as the often-disputed memory of it in contemporary Europe. The …

Tato magisterská práce se zabývá diplomatickou misí knížete Maxmiliána II. z Dietrichsteinu
do Polsko-litevské unie v roce 1645. Dietrichstein byl mimořádným velvyslancem nejen …

Deposing Monarchs analyses depositions in Northern Europe between 1500 and 1700 as a
type of frequent political conflict which allows to present new ideas on early modern state …

This chapter considers the Kingdom of Poland's relations with the Duchy of Prussia, as well
as the impact of Ducal Prussia and its Hohenzollern rulers on the history of the Polish …

The topic of this article may seem to have little in common with the history of the Polish-
Lithuanian Commonwealth. Lord Acton never wrote a book on the Commonwealth nor did …

The Jagiellonians ruled over vast territories inhabited by Eastern Slavs and dominated by
the Orthodox Church; that is, the lands of former Kievan Rus' annexed by Lithuania. The …