ITS 142L Lecture 6: Krakow
16 Mar 2017
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Krakow never fully lost its important center. Pope: canonized less than 10 years after his death. Anti-semitic feelings throughout the city and other eastern european nations such as russia. To protect the jewish population, he invited them to a special jewish quarter in krakow. Jewish people contributed to the city a cultural aspect. They had their old jewish language: hebrew. Less than 500 people left from the 70,000 jewish people. St. mary"s church: main church of the old quarter: high altar: created by a german architect. Couldn"t establish a hereditary succession, it remained an elective monarchy. Chose by the hands of the nobility. Poland had a great population, but less territory than lithuania. Lithuania disappeared, and eventually became a very small country after it merged with poland. Princes here married princesses from the dukes of milan. Claimed by the germans even though he was a polish men. Studied at the university in krakow, then went to italy to study.
