PLN 2102 Lecture 1: Gentry Democracy, Royal Republic
13 Dec 2016
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Polish armies occupy moscow (1611), eventually forced to withdraw. authority. Warnings of the danger of undermining king"s authority. civil privileges. nature of the state. Establishment of warsaw as the new more centrally located capital 1596. royal power. Henry de valois (henryk walezy) elected as first king. Resigns to ascend the throne of france. placed under tsar"s protection. Madonna", blessed virgin venerated as nation icon of poland. the counter-reformation. Union of brest (1596), uniate faith promulgated in ukraine. Gentry democracy the royal republic 1572-1795: polish-lithuanian commonwealth at the peak of its power. Extensive limitations placed on: political power invested in the sejm" (parliament). All legislation passed by unanimous consent: king stefan bathory (1576-1586) victories wars over ivan the terrible, seventeenth century- the century of wars". Rise of the jesuit order: uprising by ukrainian cossacks 1648. Significant portion of ukraine: swedish invasion of poland 1655. Expelled at cz stochowa, the black: prussian presence on north poland formalized, rise of muscovy (russia).
