Miia Ijäs is a Finnish historian who completed her doctoral degree at the University of Tampere. She is specialized in the political history of Central Eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea area during the modern and early modern periods.

• Contents: The Alleged Outsider of European Developments – Early Modern State Formation - in Theory and in Practice – Identification of the Forthcoming Change – Preparations for the Transition – Between Alternatives: the Royal Elections of 1573 and 1575 – The Confirmation of Polish-Lithuanian Statehood – Conclusions: The Polish-Lithuanian Transition Period of the 1560s and 1570s in the Context of European State Formation Processes.

«Ijäs liefert eine kenntnisreiche Studie, die ein gutes Gegenmittel gegen das alte Narrativ der Geschichte der „Adelsrepublik“ darstellt.»(Damien Tricoire, Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung 44/2017)

Miia Ijäs is a Finnish historian who completed her doctoral degree at the University of Tampere. She is specialized in the political history of Central Eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea area during the modern and early modern periods.

• Contents: The Alleged Outsider of European Developments – Early Modern State Formation - in Theory and in Practice – Identification of the Forthcoming Change – Preparations for the Transition – Between Alternatives: the Royal Elections of 1573 and 1575 – The Confirmation of Polish-Lithuanian Statehood – Conclusions: The Polish-Lithuanian Transition Period of the 1560s and 1570s in the Context of European State Formation Processes.

«Ijäs liefert eine kenntnisreiche Studie, die ein gutes Gegenmittel gegen das alte Narrativ der Geschichte der „Adelsrepublik“ darstellt.»(Damien Tricoire, Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung 44/2017)

Miia Ijäs is a Finnish historian who completed her doctoral degree at the University of Tampere. She is specialized in the political history of Central Eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea area during the modern and early modern periods.

• Contents: The Alleged Outsider of European Developments – Early Modern State Formation - in Theory and in Practice – Identification of the Forthcoming Change – Preparations for the Transition – Between Alternatives: the Royal Elections of 1573 and 1575 – The Confirmation of Polish-Lithuanian Statehood – Conclusions: The Polish-Lithuanian Transition Period of the 1560s and 1570s in the Context of European State Formation Processes.

«Ijäs liefert eine kenntnisreiche Studie, die ein gutes Gegenmittel gegen das alte Narrativ der Geschichte der „Adelsrepublik“ darstellt.»(Damien Tricoire, Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung 44/2017)