God's Playground A History of Poland: the Origins to 1795, Vol. 1

Name: God's Playground A History of Poland: the Origins to 1795, Vol. 1
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ISBN: 9780231128179

ISBN-10: 0231128177

ISBN-13: 9780231128179

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Norman Davies

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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. Abandoning the traditional nationalist approach to Polish history, Norman Davies instead stresses the country's rich multinational heritage and places the development of the Jewish German, Ukrainian, and Lithuanian communities firmly within the Polish context. Davies emphasizes the cultural history of Poland through a presentation of extensive poetical, literary, and documentary texts in English translation. In each volume, chronological chapters of political narrative are interspersed with essays on religious,…

Book details

List price: $38.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 5/31/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 638
Size: 6.20" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.826

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Millenium: AThousand Years of History



Polska: The Polish Land



Piast: The Polanian Dynasty



Anjou: The Hungarian Connection



Jogaila: The Lithuanian Union



Antemurale: The Bulwark of Christendom



Szlachta: The Nobleman's Paradise



Handel: The Baltic Grain Trade



Miasto: The Vicissitudes of Urban Life



Anarchia: The Noble Democracy



Serenissima: Diplomacy in Poland--Lithuania



Valois: The French Experiment



Bathory: The Transylvanian Victor



Vasa: The Swedish Connection



Michal: The Austrian Candidate



Sobieski: Terror of the Turk



Wettin: The Saxon Era



Agonia: The End of the Russian Protectorate