Polish-Lithuanian Monarchy in European Context, C.1500-1795

ALMUT BUES Deputy Director, German Historical Institute, Warsaw, ROBERT J.W. EVANS Regius Professor, Modern History, University of Oxford and Fellow of Oriel College, JURATÉ KIAUPIENÉ Senior Research Officer, Institute of Lithuanian History in Vilnius and Senior Lecturer (Dozent), Lithuanian and European History, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, JERZY LUKOWSKI Senior Lecturer, Modern History, University of Birmingham, MARIUSZ MARKIEWICZ Associate Professor, Modern European History, Jagiellonian University, Cracow

• Preface Notes on the Contributors Pronunciation Guide Maps Gazetteer Glossary Chronology of Polish-Lithuanian Monarchs Genealogical Table Introduction; R.Butterwick The Polish-Lithuanian Monarchy in International Context; R.J.W.Evans The Development of Monarchies in Western Europe, c.1500-1800; I.Green The Formation of the Polish-Lithuanian Monarchy in the Sixteenth Century; A.Bues The Grand Dukes and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Sixteenth Century: Reflections on the Lithuanian Political Nation and the Union of Lublin; J.Kiaupiene Nobles, Burghers and the Monarchy in Poland-Lithuania: The Case of Royal Prussia, 1545-1772/932; K.Friedrich Polish Views on European Monarchies; A.Grzeskowiak-Krwawicz The Szlachta and the Monarchy: Reflections on the Struggle inter maiestatem ac libertatem ; J.Lukowski Obsequious Disrespect: The Problem of Royal Power in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Under the Vasas, 1587-1668; R.I.Frost The Functioning of the Monarchy During the Reigns of the Electors of Saxony, 1697-1763; M.Markiewicz The Enlightened Monarchy of Stanislaw August Poniatowski, 1764-1795; R.Butterwick A Guide to Further Reading Index

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