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First posted on July 8th 2002, last revised on March 20th 2010







For the history since 1815, see History of Poznan (Posen), History of Galicia and Lodomeria, History of Congress Poland, History of Cracow 1815-1846, History of the Polish Exile

Duchy of Warsaw, 1807-1813 .. Galicia 1795-1815
Constitutional Reform, 1788-1795 .. Galicia 1772-1795 .. West Prussia 1772-1815

Age of the Partitions, 1772-1795
Era of Liberty, 1652-1772
Nobles' Republic, 1505-1652
Reformation and Counterreformation
Jagiellonian Dynasty
Poland 1320-1384
The Seniorate, 1138-1320
Christianization of Poland
Early Poland

Historical Atlas, Poland Page
List of Wars, Poland Page


Students' Paper : Kim, Jae Hee, History of Polish-Russian/Soviet Relations (2009)






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WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES
Country Profiles current Article Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, from Wikipedia
historical
Links, on History from Virtual Library History
Categories History of Poland 966-1385, History of Poland 1385-1569, History of Poland 1569-1795, History of Lithuania 1569-1795, from Wikipedia
Internet Museum of the Polish People's Republic
Organizations Georg-Eckert-Institut : German-Polish Textbook Commission
Timelines Timeline, from from timelines.ws
Category : Years in Poland, from Wikipedia
Accounts of History General Accounts A Brief History of Poland, from Polonia Today; The History of Poland, by Mieczyslaw Kasprzyk; Political History of Poland, by F. Kobylarz
Article Polen, Geschichte von, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892 edition, in German
Specific Periods
Politics general
Foreign Policy Zmuda, Marius (2003) : Identität und Abgrenzung. Die polnische "Szlachta" auf der Suche nach ihrem Platz in Europa. 1648 - 1668. (Identity and Distantiation. The Polish "Szlachta" Searching for her Place in Europe, 1648-1668). posted by Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Osteuropa, in German
Military click here
Polish Renaissance Warfare 1450-1699, by S.A. Jasinski
Economy & Finances A Global History of Currencies : Poland
Grzegorz Wojtowicz, The Origin and History of the Polish Money, Part 1
Piotr Guzowski, Peasant Credit Market in Poland in the Late Middle Ages and the Early Podern Period (15th and 16th Centuries), IEHC 2006
Piotr Guzowski, The Peasant Land Market in the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period (15th-16th Centuries), IEHC 2006
Ewa Manikowska, The Culture of Gifts : The Role and Value of Luxury Gifts at an 18th Century Court, IEHC 2006
Windmills in Poland, from Windmill World
Article : Wielicka Salt Mine, from Wikipedia; from Showcaves
Gdansk, the past and present of the town and port, from Port Gdansk
Social History
Ethnography Oskar Halecki, Das Nationalitätenproblem im alten Polen (1916, in German), posted on Internet Archive
R.F. Kaindl, Polen: Mit einem geschichtlichen Überblick über die Polnisch-ruthenische Frage (1917, in German), posted on Internet Archive
Religion Poland Church History, from Family Search Research Wiki
Chronology of Catholic Dioceses - Poland, from Kirken i Norge
Virtual Jewish History Tour : Poland, from Jewish Virtual Library
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Krakow, Diocese of Pelplin (Kulm), Diocese of Plock, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Poznan, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Przemysl, Diocese of Tarnow (Tyniec), Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warmia, Diocese of Wloclawek, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vilnius, from GCatholic
Protestantism in Poland and Bohemia, by J.A. Wylie, (Book 3 ch.19 of J.A. Wylie's History of Protestantism, 1878)
P. Wilczek, Jesuits in Poland according to A.F. Pollard (1892); Towarzystwo Jezusowe w Polsce (Jesuit Order, in Polish); Jesuici Serwis Krakowski
Panewniki Franciskanie (Polish language page of the Franciscan Order, Province Polonia); Ordo Fratrum Minorum, scroll down for Polonia; Franciscan Provinces with their Custodies and Convents, c.1350, from M. van der Heijden and B. Roest, click Bohemia (includes Poland)
Province of Poland, from Order of Saint Augustine
Search OSB (Order of Saint Benedict) for Poland
From the Dominican Friars in Poland, from Dominican History
History of Regions Category Polish Histiorical Regions, from Wikipedia
Voivodeships of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569-1795, from Wikipedia
Local History Articles Czestochowa : History, History of Krakow, Gniezno : History, Lublin : History, History of Lviv (Lvov, Lemberg, Leopolis), History of Minsk, History of Poznan (Posen), Torun : History (Thorn), History of Vilnius (Wilno, Wilna), History of Warsaw, from Wikipedia
Gdansk, the past and present of the town and port, from Port Gdansk
Institutions Article : General Sejm (Sejm Walny), from Wikipedia
Culture Article Polish Literature from Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911 edition; Virtual Library of Polish Literature; Polish Literature, links from Slavophilia
Biographies List of Polish Monarchs, from Wikipedia
Biographies of Polish Saints, from Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon, in German
Bibliographies Bibliografia Historii Polskiej, Polish language site
Bibliography on Polish Heraldry, from Heraldica
Others

WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS
Historical Data Lists of Statesmen from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon); from Rulers (B. Schemmel); Poland and the Baltics, from Regnal Chronologies
Lists of Ambassadors Ambassadors and envoys from Russia to Poland (1763-1794), from Wikipedia; more detailed list from Wikipedia Polish Edition
List of Ambassadors from Poland to Russia, from Wikipedia; more detailed list from Wikipedia Polish Edition
Francuscy ambasadorzy w Polsce (French ambassadors to Poland), from Wikipedia Polish Edition
Polscy ambasadorzy we Francji, from B>Wikipedia Polish Edition
Austriaccy ambasadorzy w Polsce (Austrian Ambassadors), from Wikipedia Polish Edition
Polscy ambasadorzy w Austrii, from Wikipedia Polish Edition
Brytyjscy ambasadorzy w Polsce (British Ambassadors), from Wikipedia Polish Edition
Polscy ambasadorzy w Wielkiej Brytanii, from Wikipedia Polish Edition
Pruscy ambasadorzy w Polsce (Prussian Ambassadors), from Wikipedia Polish Edition
Polscy ambasadorzy w Prusach, from Wikipedia Polish Edition
Szwedzcy ambasadorzy w Polsce (Swedish Ambassadors), from Wikipedia Polish Edition
Kategoria:Weneccy ambasadorzy w Polsce (Venetian Ambassadors), from Wikipedia Polish Edition
Polscy ambasadorzy w Turcji, from Wikipedia Polish Edition
Polscy ambasadorzy we W©©oszech (to Italian States), from Wikipedia Polish Edition
Lists of Bishops List of Archbishops of Gniezno and of Primates of Poland, from Wikipedia
List of Bishops and Archbishops of Krakow, from Wikipedia
List of Bishops of Poznan, from Wikipedia
List of Bishops of Warmia, from Wikipedia
List of Bishops of Culm (Chelmno), from Wikipedia
List of Bishops of Vilnius, from Wikipedia
List of Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Ukraine, from Wikipedia
Economic Data Polish state finance, 1576-1717, from ESFDB
Documents Historical Newspapers Kranten Historisch [historical newspapers]
Image Databanks Europeana
Wikimedia Commons
Archival Deposits
Constitutions, Laws
Treaties Category : Treaties of Poland, from Wikipedia
E. Hertslet, The Map of Europe by Treaty, Showing the Various Political and Territorial Changes which Have Taken Place since the General Peace of 1814, vol.1 1875, vol.2 1875, vol.3 1875, posted on Internet Archive
K. Martens, Recueil manuel et pratique de traites, conventions et autres actes diplomatiques, : sur lesquels sont etablis les relations et les rapports existant aujourd'hui entre les divers etats souvernains du globe, depuis l'annee 1760 jusqu'a l'epoque actuelle, vol.1, 1846, vol.2, on 1788, 1846, vol.3, 1846, vol.4, on 1826 1846, vol.5, on 1839 1849, vol.6, on 1840 1856, vol.7, on 1852 1857, 2nd ser. vol.1 1885, posted on Internet Archive
F. Murhard, Nouveau Recueil General de Traites, Conventions et autres Transactions Remarquables, vol.1 1843, vol.2, on 1841, 1844, vol.3, on 1842, 1845, vol.4, 1846, vol.5 1847, vol.9, on 1846, suppl. 1841-1845, 1852, vol.10, on 1847, 1852, vol.12, on 1848, 1854, vol.13, 1855, vol.14 1856, vol.15 1857, vol.16 1860, vol.17, 1861, vol.18, 1873, vol.4, on 1817-1842, 1843, ? posted on Internet Archive
G.F. Martens, Recueil de traites d'alliance, de paix, de treve ... et plusieurs autres actes servant aa la connoissance des relations etrangeres de puissances et etats de l'Europe ... depuis 1761 jusqu'a present , vol.3 : 1784-1788, 1818, vol.4, 1818, vol.5 : 1791-1795, 1826, vol.6 : 1795-1799, 1829, vol.7 : 1800-1803, 1831, vol.8 : 1803-1808, 1835, in French, posted on Internet Archive
Table General Chronologique et Alphabetique du Recueil des Traites, Conventions et Transactions des Puissances de l'Europe et s'autres Parties du Globe ... vol.1 1837 (garbed scan), vol.1 1838, vol.2 1843, posted on Internet Archive
M. Tetot, Repertoire des Traites de Paix, de Commerce, d'Alliance etc., Conventions et autres Actes conclus entre tous les Puissances du Globe, principalement depuis la Paix de Westphalie jusqu'a notre jours, I : Tableau Chronologique 1493-1866, 1866, posted on Internet Archive
J.L. Klüber, Acten des Wiener Congresses in den Jahren 1814 und 1815, vol.1 2nd ed. 1819, vol.2 1815, vol.3 1815, vol.4 2nd ed. 1832, vol.5 2nd ed. 1833, vol.6 2nd ed. 1836, vol.7 1817, vol.8 1819, vol.9, 1835, in German, posted by Google Books
British and Foreign State Papers 1812-1814 I, 1841, 1812-1814 II, 1841, 1814-1815, 1839, 1815-1816, 1838, 1816-1817, 1838, 1817-1818, 1837, 1818-1819, 1835, 1819-1820, 1834, 1820-1821, 1830, 1820-1821, 1861, 1821-1822, 1829, 1821-1823, 1851, 1822-1823, 1828, 1822-1823, 1850, 1823-1824, 1843, 1824-1825, 1846, 1825-1826, 1848, 1826-1827, 1828, 1827-1828, 1829, 1828-1829, 1832, 1829-1830, 1832, 1830-1831, 1833, 1832-1833, 1836, General List, vols.1-20, I, 1842, 1834-1835, 1852, 1836-1837, 1853, 1838-1839, 1856, 1840-1841, 1857, 1841-1842, 1858, 1842-1843, 1858, 1843-1844, 1859, 1844-1845, 1859, 1845-1846, 1860, 1848-1849, 1862, 1849-1850 I, 1862, 1849-1850 II, 1863, 1850-1851, 1863, 1851-1852, 1864, 1852-1853, 1864, General Index, 1865, 1853-1854, 1865 1854-1855, 1865, 1855-1856, 1865, 1856-1857, 1866, 1857-1858, 1866, 1858-1859, 1867, 1859-1860, 1867, 1860-1861, 1868, 1861-1862, 1868, 1862-1863, 1868, 1863-1864, 1869, posted on Google Books
A collection of state papers: relative to the war against France, vol.1 1794, vol.2 1795, vol.3 I 1795, vol.3 II 1796, vol.5 1797, vol.6, 1798, vol.7, 1799, vol.8, 1800, vol.9, 1800, vol.10, 1801, vol.11, 1802, posted on Google Books
Document Collections Codex diplomaticus Poloniae vol.1, 1847, vol.2, 1848, vol.3, 1858, IA
Codex diplomaticus Warmiensis, vol.1, 1860, vol.3, 1874, IA
Codex diplomaticus majoris Poloni©ˇ documenta vol.1, 1877 vol.2, 1878, vol.3, 1879, vol.4, 1881, vol.5, 1908, IA
Individual Documents William Penn, A Letter to the King of Poland 1677, posted by QH Press
A.T. Palmer, Authentic memoirs of John Sobieski, King of Poland : illustrative of the inherent errors in the former constitution of that kingdom, which, though arrested for a time by the genius of a hero and a patriot, gradually paved the way to its downfall (1815), posted by Internet Archive
Historical Maps click here
City Panoramas 1490, Krakau, City Panoramas 1600, Krakau, Danzig, Warschau, Vilnius, City Panoramas 1750, Krakau, Danzig, Warschau, from Historic Maps
Poland Index, from Historic Cities
Historical
Encyclopedia Entries
Entry Greco-Poland, from Footnotes to History, by James L. Erwin
Historical Research in Europe, listing of archives; click Atlas Search, Poland, 191 entries
J. Chr. Nelckenbrecher, Taschenbuch eines Banquiers und Kaufmanns enthaltend eine Erklärung aller ein- und ausländischen Münzen ..., Berlin : Wever 1769, in German, entries Warschau, posted by DTBSWS
Travelogues
Institutions Archives Note : in most files listed below, "Poland" refers to the country's modern extension. The user has to be aware that these files may list items which do not belong to the historic Kingdom of Poland, and that they omit others who did belong to it and may have to be sought under "Lithuania", "Belarus", "Ukraine" etc.
State Archives of Poland
Repositories of Primary Sources : Europe : Poland, from Univ. of Idaho. Mostly Archive Webpages, 43 entries
Historical Research in Europe, listing of archives; click Atlas Search, Poland, 191 entries
Foreign Ministry Archives Services of the European Union Member States : Poland, from Consilium Europa
Musea Lists, Links Note : in most files listed below, "Poland" refers to the country's modern extension. The user has to be aware that these files may list items which do not belong to the historic Kingdom of Poland, and that they omit others who did belong to it and may have to be sought under "Lithuania", "Belarus", "Ukraine" etc.
Category : Museums in Poland, from Wikipedia
ICOM : Museums in Poland
Musea Museum Websites National Museum in Krakow
Historical Museum of Warsaw
Monuments Note : in most files listed below, "Poland" refers to the country's modern extension. The user has to be aware that these files may list items which do not belong to the historic Kingdom of Poland, and that they omit others who did belong to it and may have to be sought under "Lithuania", "Belarus", "Ukraine" etc.
Category : Monuments and memorials in Poland, from Wikipedia
UNESCO World Heritage Site, List (search for Poland), Tentative Lists : Poland
Poland Index, from Showcaves, has historical mines
List of Castles in Poland, from Wikipedia
Windmills in Poland, from Windmillworld; List of Windmills in Poland, from Wikipedia
Category : Watermills in Poland, from Wikimedia
Category : Palaces in Poland, from Wikipedia
Libraries Libraries in Poland, from LibDex, 31 entries
History of the Polish National Library, from The European Library
Article : National Library of Poland, from Wikipedia
National Symbols Flags, Coats of Arms Poland - Historical Flags, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from Heraldry of the World
Coins, Banknotes Poland, from Medieval Coinage
Search Coin Archives for Poland

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliographies general Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde (Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies), keywords Polen, Poland (site in German, most titles listed in English; hundreds of entries; publications mostly since 1970)
Search ISBN Database for Poland
RHS Bibliography, search for Polen
on Poland
Online Libraries general Internet Archives
Gutenberg Library Online
e-corpus
on Poland Digital Library of Wielkopolska
Internet Archive
Central and Eastern European Online Library
Digital Eastern Europe Library : History
National Digital Library, Poland
Online Journals full text online
Table of Contents
Online
Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung 1952-, in German
Historiography Article : Polish Historiography, by E. Domanska, pp.720-723, in vol.2 of A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing, NY 1998 [G]
General Accounts M.B. Biskupski, The History of Poland, Westport : Greenwood 2000, KMLA Lib.Sign. 943.8 B622t
Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski, Poland, an illustrated History, NY : Hippocrene 2000, KMLA Lib.Sign. 943.8 P746p
Article Poland, in Encyclopædia Britannica, Macropædia, Vol.25 pp.930-957; KMLA Lib. Sign.
R 032 B862n v.25
Enno Meyer, Grundzüge der Geschichte Polens (Main Features of Polish History), Darmstadt : Wissenschaftliche Buchgemeinschaft 1977 [G]
Manfred Hellmann, Daten der Polnischen Geschichte (Dates in Polish History), München : dtv 1985 [G]
Norman Davies, Heart of Europe. A Short History of Poland, Oxford : UP (1984) 1986 [G]
Historical Section of the Foreign Office, Peace Handbooks : Poland. General Sketch of History 1569-1772; The Three Partitions; The Settlement of 1815, London : H.M.SO. 1919 [G]
Francis Dvornik, The Slavs in European History and Civilization, New Brunswick : Rutgers UP 1962 [G]
Specific Topics
Historical Dictionaries George Sanford, Adriana Gozdecka-Sanford, Historical Dictionary of Poland, Scarecrow 1994, KMLA Lib.Sign. R 943.6 S224h


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