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First posted on July 8th 2002, last revised on November 25th 2009







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)







WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES
Country Studies Article Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, from Wikipedia
Library of Congress, Country Studies : Poland
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
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
Timelines Timeline, from from timelines.ws
Category : Years in Poland, from Wikipedia
Accounts of History 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
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
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
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
History of Cities 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
Special Topics 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

WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS
Lists of Statesmen from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon); from Rulers (B. Schemmel); Poland and the Baltics, from Regnal Chronologies
Titles of European Rulers : Poland
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
Document Collections Polish state finance, 1576-1717, from ESFDB
William Penn, A Letter to the King of Poland 1677, posted by QH Press
Archives, Libraries, Musea 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
List of Castles in Poland, from Wikipedia
Category : Museums 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
National Symbols Poland - Historical Flags, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from Heraldry of the World
Coins, Banknotes Poland, from Medieval Coinage
Search Coin Archives for Poland

PRINTED REFERENCE
Online Libraries Digital Library of Wielkopolska
Internet Archive
Central and Eastern European Online Library
Digital Eastern Europe Library : History
National Digital Library, Poland
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.
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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]
Special Topics 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
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
Historical Dictionaries George Sanford, Adriana Gozdecka-Sanford, Historical Dictionary of Poland, Scarecrow 1994, KMLA Lib.Sign. R 943.6 S224h


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