(Cambridge Concise Histories) Jerzy Lukowski, Hubert Zawadzki - A Concise History of Poland-Cambridge University Press (2006)

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A Concise History of Poland

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JERZY LUKOWSKI

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HUBERT ZAWADZKI

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The collegiate church of the Blessed Virgin and St Alexis, c. 1150-61, at Turn, near tęczyca, in western Poland.

Courtesy of the Instytut Sztuki, Polska Akademia Nauk (Institute of Arts of the Polish Academy of Sciences).

Photograph, Jerzy Langda 8

The Teutonic Knights’ castle and principal administrative seat, at Malbork (Marienburg). Courtesy of the Instytut Sztuki,

Polska Akademia Nauk (Institute of Arts of the Polish Academy of Sciences). Photograph, Teodor Hermanczyk (by permission,

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8 The great altarpiece by Veit Stoss of Nuremberg in the church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Krakow. Courtesy of the Instytut Sztuki, Polska Akademia Nauk (Institute of Arts of the Polish Academy of Sciences)

9 View of the Royal Palace on the Wawel hill in Krakow.

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Courtesy of the Wawel Museum. Photograph, F.ukasz Schuster

jo Sigismund I’s Renaissance courtyard in the Wawel palace,

Krakow. Courtesy of the Wawel Museum. Photograph, Eukasz Schuster

n The great cloth-hall (‘Sukiennice’) in the main square of Krakow, rebuilt after a fire in 1555. Photograph, Eukasz Schuster

12 The town hall of Zamošč. Courtesy of the Instytut Sztuki,

Polska Akademia Nauk (Institute of Arts of the Polish Academy of Sciences). Photograph, E. Kozlowska. By permission, Ludwik Tomczvk

13 The Royal Castle (‘Zarnek Krolewski’) in Warsaw. Courtesy of the Royal Castle Museum, Warsaw

14 Kazimierz Dolny, the St Nicholas town house and warehouse. Courtesy of the Instytut Sztuki, Polska Akademia Nauk (Institute of Arts of the Polish Academy of Sciences). Photographer, unknown

15 The defence of the Pauline monastery of Jasna Cora against the Swedes, in November-December 1655. Engraving by Gabriel Bodenehr

16 A fat Polish noble (szlacbcic). Courtesy of the Fundacja XX Czartoryskich przy Muzeum Narodowvm w Krakowie (the Princes Czartoryski Foundation at the National Museum, Krakow)

17 A thin Polish noble (szlacbcic). Courtesy of the Fundacja XX Czartoryskich przy Muzeum Narodowym w Krakowie (the Princes Czartoryski Foundation at the National Museum, Krakow)

18 Jean-Pierre Norblin’s sketch of a sejmik (local parliamentary assembly) meeting outside a church. Courtesy of the Muzeum Narodowe (National Museum), Krakow

19 Canaletto the Younger’s (Antonio Eugenio Bellotto, 1721-80) painting of the election of king Stanislaw August Poniatowski in 1764 (painted 1778). Courtesy of the Royal Castle Museum, Warsaw

20 Rejran at the Sejm of 1773, painted by Jan Matejko (1838-93). Courtesy of the Royal Castle Museum, Warsaw

21 Jean-Pierre Norblin’s sketch of the oath to the Constitution of 3 May 179т. Courtesy of the Muzeum Narodowe (National Museum), Warsaw

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22a A Poland that has disappeared. Two views of the I.ubomirski

and palace in Rowne (now Rivne), Ukraine. Courtesy of the Instytut

22b Sztuki, Polska Akademia Nauk (Institute of Arts of the Polish Academy of Sciences). Photographs, Witalis Wolny and Henryk Poddębski. By permission, Krystyna Kukiela

23 Napoleon bestowing a constitution on the duchy of Warsaw. Courtesy of the Muzeum Narodowe (National Museum), Warsaw. Photograph, H. Romanowski