HIST 583A - History of Poland, 966-1905

Poland from earliest times to 1905. The rise of the Piast Polish state, its eastward expansion, conflict and cooperation with the Teutonic knights and German settlers, and the union with Lithuania in the 14^th century that creates the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Commonwealth’s politics, culture and multi-national make-up, its struggles with its neighbors and its partition. Political, social and cultural life under foreign rule in the 19^th century and the struggle for Polish independence.

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