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    The rule of the Jagiellonian dynasty in Poland between 1386 and 1572 spans the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period in European history. The Lithuanian...
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    The Jagiellonian (US: /ˌjɑːɡjəˈloʊniən/ YAH-gyə-LOH-nee-ən) or Jagellonian dynasty (US: /ˌjɑːɡəˈ-/ YAH-gə-; Lithuanian: Jogailaičių dinastija; Polish:...
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    possibly the oldest extant Polish prose manuscript. Poland portal Poland in the Early Middle Ages History of Poland during the Jagiellonian dynasty Slavery...
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    under him, Poland defeated the Teutonic Knights in the Thirteen Years' War and recovered Pomerania. The Jagiellonian dynasty became one of the leading royal...
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    The Polish–Lithuanian union was a relationship created by a series of acts and alliances between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy...
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    Rise of Kingdoms. History of Poland during the Piast dynasty History of Poland during the Jagiellonian dynasty Saint Hedwig of Poland, patron saint archive...
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  • Folwark (category History of Poland during the Jagiellonian dynasty)
    type of latifundium), often very large. Folwarks (Polish: folwarki) were operated in the Crown of Poland from the 14th century, in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania...
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    The privileges of the szlachta (Poland's nobility) formed a cornerstone of "Golden Liberty" in the Kingdom of Poland (before 1569) and, later, in the...
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    to have been the Golden Age of Polish culture. Ruled by the Jagiellonian dynasty, the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (from 1569 part of the Polish–Lithuanian...
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    ISSN 1841-625X. Nowakowska, Natalia (2007). Church, State and Dynasty in Renaissance Poland: The Career of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon (1468–1503). Ashgate....
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    Jogaila, the pagan Grand Duke of Lithuania, who in 1386 was baptized and crowned as Władysław II Jagiełło, thus creating the Jagiellonian dynasty and a personal...
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    only had a personal union. The Union of Lublin also made the Crown an elective monarchy; this ended the Jagiellonian dynasty once Henry de Valois was elected...
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    Pospolite ruszenie (category History of Poland during the Jagiellonian dynasty)
    forces during the period of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The tradition of wartime mobilisation of part of the population...
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    The Province of 13 Spisz Towns was an autonomous administrative division of the Eldership of Spisz, that until 1568 belonged to the Kingdom of Poland...
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    The history of the Jews in Poland dates back at least 1,000 years. For centuries, Poland was home to the largest and most significant Ashkenazi Jewish...
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    The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. The first documented Polish monarch was Duke Mieszko I (c. 960–992). The Piasts'...
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    Duchy of Wizna was a district principality and a fiefdom within the United Kingdom of Poland, and later the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. The country...
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    Obrona potoczna (category History of Poland during the Jagiellonian dynasty)
    hired military force in the 15th- and 16th-century Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian union, charged with defending the country's southern borders...
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    The Jagiellonian globe, also known as the Globus Jagellonicus, is a mechanical armillary sphere made in France before 1510. It is an astronomical instrument...
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  • Incompatibilitas (category History of Poland during the Jagiellonian dynasty)
    'incompatibility') was a principle instituted in the Kingdom of Poland (later, from 1569, in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth), which forbade an individual...
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    Eldership of Spisz was a non-castle eldership territory of Kingdom of Poland from 1412 to 1569 and Lesser Poland Province, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Polish–Lithuanian...
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    granting the Armenian bishop Gregory (Գրիգոր) the right to stay and preach in Lviv, 1367 Royal seal, 1334 History of Poland (966–1385) Jagiellonian University...
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    Duchy of Wieluń was a district principality and a fiefdom within the Kingdom of Poland. It was formed in 1370 from part of the Kingdom of Poland, and existed...
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    different library departments. Jagiellonian Library is one of the largest and most famous libraries in Poland; over its history it has received many donations...
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    suzerainty and forced the Prussian rulers to pay tributes. The Jagiellonian dynasty also established dynastic control over the kingdoms of Bohemia (1471 onwards)...
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    Coat of arms History of Poland during the Jagiellonian dynasty Rachela Fiszel Sejm walny St. Anne's Church, Vilnius Marcin Latka. "Detail of Miracle of Saint...
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    marked the end of the Jagiellonian dynasty and introduced an elective monarchy, whereupon members of domestic noble families or external dynasties were...
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    and the last male monarch from the Jagiellonian dynasty. Sigismund was the only son of Italian-born Bona Sforza and Sigismund the Old. From the beginning...
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    The history of Poland from 1945 to 1989 spans the period of Marxist–Leninist regime in Poland after the end of World War II. These years, while featuring...
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    is the list of Jagiellon Poland ambassadors to Ottoman Empire in the 15th and 16th centuries. The diplomatic relations began in 1414 soon after the Ottoman...
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