Britain and Poland-Lithuania :: contact and comparison from the Middle Ages to 1795 /

In twenty-four papers scholars from Europe and North America examine various aspects of the economies, politics and culture of Britain and Poland-Lithuania from the Middle Ages down to the Third Partition. The similarities between the two seemingly different regions are as surprising as the long-sta...

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Weitere Verfasser: Unger, Richard W., Basista, Jakub
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
Schriftenreihe:Northern world ; v. 37.
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Zusammenfassung:In twenty-four papers scholars from Europe and North America examine various aspects of the economies, politics and culture of Britain and Poland-Lithuania from the Middle Ages down to the Third Partition. The similarities between the two seemingly different regions are as surprising as the long-standing connections between the British Isles and East Central Europe. Commercial ties were complemented by migration and by cultural exchange with writers, philosophers and artists in both regions taking an interest in the other. In sections devoted to religion and toleration, trade, diasporas, polit.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xliii, 486 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-468) and index.
ISBN:9789047442684
9047442687
ISSN:1569-1462 ;