CONTENTS
Maps and Diagrams xix
Illustrations xxi
Notes on the Illustrations xxiii
Chronology xxvii
I Introduction. The Origins to 1572- MILLENIUM: A Thousand Years of History (Historiography) 3
- POLSKA: The Polish Land (Historical Geography) 23
- PIAST: The Polanian Dynasty (to 1370) 52
- ANJOU: The Hungarian Connection (1370-1386) 86
- JOGAILA: The Lithuanian Union (1386-1572) 93
II The Life and Death of the Polish-Lithuanian Republic
(1569-1795)
- ANTEMURALE: The Bulwark of Christendom (Religion) 125
- SZLACHTA: The Nobleman's Paradise (Society) 156
- HANDEL: The Baltic Grain Trade (Economy) 197
- MIASTO: The Vicissitudes of Urban Life (The Cities) 225
- ANARCHIA: The Noble Democracy (Constitution) 246
- SERENISSIMA: Diplomacy in Poland-Lithuania (Foreign Affairs) 284
- VALOIS: The French Experiment (1572-1575) 312
- BATHORY: The Transylvanian Victor (1576-1586) 318
- VASA: The Swedish Connection (1587-1668) 327
- MICHAL: The Austrian Candidate (1669-1673) 355
- SOBIESKI: Terror of the Turk (1674-1696) 357
- WETTIN: The Saxon Era (1697-1763) 371
- AGONIA: The End of the Russian Protectorate (1764-1795) 386
Notes on the text 412
Index 435