Description
Product ID: | 9780295980935 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Series: | The Polish-Lithuanian State, 1386-1795 |
Title: | The Polish-Lithuanian State, 1386-1795 |
Authors: | Author: Daniel Z. Stone |
Page Count: | 392 |
Subjects: | European history, European history, History, History, History, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Sociology and anthropology, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Sociology & anthropology, Poland, Lithuania |
Description: | Governed by a constitutional monarchy that offered the numerous nobility extensive civil and political rights, Polish-Lithuanian state enjoyed unusual domestic tranquillity, for its military strength kept most enemies at bay until the mid-seventeenth century. This title presents an account that deals with this important era. For four centuries, the Polish–Lithuanian state encompassed a major geographic region comparable to present-day Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Latvia, Estonia, and Romania. Governed by a constitutional monarchy that offered the numerous nobility extensive civil and political rights, it enjoyed unusual domestic tranquility, for its military strength kept most enemies at bay until the mid-seventeenth century and the country generally avoided civil wars. Selling grain and timber to western Europe helped make it exceptionally wealthy for much of the period. |
Imprint Name: | University of Washington Press |
Publisher Name: | University of Washington Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2001-05-01 |