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
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