Wine, beer, mead... Social and cultural aspects of alcohol consumption at the Jagiellonian courts around 1500 by Petr Kozák

“…This study presents a probe into the field of beverage culture as it was cultivated in the late 15th and early 16th century at the courts of the descendants of Casimir IV († 1492) ruler of Poland and Lithuania of the Jagiellonian dynasty: King Vladislaus († 1516) of Bohemia and Hungary, his son, King Louis († 1526) of Bohemia and Hungary, and then his brothers, King John Albert († 1501) of Poland, the Grand Duke of Lithuania and later also King of Poland Alexander († 1506) and the future ruler of Poland-Lithuania (the then Duke of Opava and Głogów and the governor of Silesia and Lusatia) Sigismund († 1548). …”
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NADGOPLAŃSKI GRÓD SZARLEJ I JEGO WŁAŚCICIELE W ŚREDNIOWIECZU by Joanna Karczewska, Dariusz Karczewski

“…The stronghold was a favourite residence of Władysław the White, prince of Gniewkowo until 1363 when he placed a lien against it to Kazimierz the Great, king of Poland. Most probably, after 1382 another ruler of Kuyavia, prince Vladislav II of Opole, handed over the stronghold in Szarlej to the affluent Kuyavian Ostoja family. …”
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The Books of Sigismund II Augustus in Vilnius University Library: Decorations of Book Covers and New Data about Provenances by Sondra Rankelienė

“…In this article, the latest data about the personal book collection items of King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund II Augustus in Vilnius University (VU) Library are presented. …”
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Pirmasis jėzuitas Vilniuje: Alfonso Salmeróno laiškai Ignacui Loyolai. The First Jesuit in Vilnius: the Letters of Alfonso Salmerón to Ignatius of Loyola by Dainora Pociūtė, Carmen Caro Dugo

“…Though in the first two letters the possibility of establishing the Jesuit College in Vilnius was expressed quite positively, the situation was changed after the visit to Vilnius and the conver­sation with the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania SigismundusAugustus. …”
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Mokyklinis jėzuitų teatras – politinio Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės teatro dalis | Scholastic Jesuit Theatre – a Part of Political Theatre in Great Duchy of Lithuania... by Eugenija Ulčinaitė

“…It was written and performed in 1582 in Vilnius when King of Poland and Great Duke of Lithuania Steponas Batoras returned after winning the war and signing the peace treaty with Moscow tzar Ivan the Terrible.The drama describes the hardships caused by the war, the sufferings, the loss, religious disunity, and belief that the treaty signed by Steponas Batoras will bring harmony, peace and help to strengthen catholic faith.Thus, Jesuit scholastic theatre very sensitively reacted both to local and European political changes, it might be called ‘engagé’ theatre trying to conciliate didactic and political goals.…”
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Materials about the relations of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the Crimean and Kazan Khanates in the years 1537–1538 from the Radziwiłł archive by Polekhov S.V., Moiseev M.V.

“…Research objectives: This article offers a source study and an edition of the missive of Khan Safa Giray of Kazan attached to the letter of King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund the Old (Zygmunt Stary) which he composent to the Council of Lords of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania on November 8, 1538. …”
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The Inclusion of the Eastern Baltic in the Russian Empire: Methods of Peter I to ‘Increase the Fatherland’ by Nikolai R. Slavnitsky

“…On the other hand, before the beginning of the Great Northern War, Peter I and Saxon Elector August II (who was also the king of Poland) reached an agreement that the territory of the Baltic States would be given to him. …”
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Botany at Stefan Batory University in Vilna (Wilno, Vilnius) (1919–1939) by Alicja Zemanek, Piotr Köhler

“…The university in Vilna (in Polish: Wilno, now: Vilnius, Lithua­nia), founded in 1579, by Stefan Batory (Stephen Báthory), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, was a centre of Polish botany in 1780–1832 and 1919–1939. …”
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On known and less known relations of Leonhard Euler with Poland by Roman Sznajder

“…He was hosted for ten days in Warsaw by Stanisław II August Poniatowski, the last king of Poland. Many Polish scientists were introduced to Euler, not only from mathematical circles, but also astronomers and geographers. …”
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Ruthenian-Polish Matrimonial Relations in the Context of the Inter-Dynastic Policy of the House of Rurik in the 11th-14th Centuries: Selective Statistical Data by Myroslav Voloshchuk

“…After Bolesław’s tragic poisoning, in the spring of 1340, the Piasts from the Lesser Poland, for example, the King of Poland, Kazimierz III (and his successors from all further dynasties in this country during the 14th– 18th centuries) became the temporary successors of the Kingdom of Rus’ (Regnum Russiae) heritage, distinctly, until the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was dismantled between 1772-1795. …”
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Printed Music as a Medium of International Representation for the Magnates of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: A Case Study of Music Prints Dedicated to Jan Karol Chodkiewicz and Alek... by Aleksandra Pister

“…They both represent Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, as a generous patron and a leading social figure. …”
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Popular history and fiction: the myth of August the Strong in German literature, art, and media by Brook, M

“…Its case study is the popular myth of August the Strong (1670-1733), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, as a man of extraordinary sexual prowess and the ruler over a magnificent, but frivolous, court in Dresden. …”

La battaglia di Petrovaradino. 1716 by Adriano Papo, Gizella Nemeth

“…The Serenissima was a member of the Holy League, which had been established in 1684 with both the Germanic-Roman emperor and the king of Poland; therefore, the Porte’s declaration of war on Venice induced the Empire to intervene in defense of its ally. …”
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Genetic identification of members of the prominent Báthory aristocratic family by Alexandra Gînguță, Bence Kovács, Oszkár Schütz, Balázs Tihanyi, Emil Nyerki, Kitti Maár, Zoltán Maróti, Gergely I.B. Varga, Dan Băcueț-Crișan, Timea Keresztes, Tibor Török, Endre Neparáczki

“…Several members of the family became Princes of Transylvania, and one of them, István Báthory, was also the elected King of Poland. We hereby present the first genetic data about this extinct family. …”
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„Agenda Parva” kultuuriloolisest taustast by Péter Pomozi

“…The formation of this network would have been unimaginable without Stephen Báthory, the Transylvanian-Hungarian king of Poland (1575–1585). He was an excellent strategist and a learned humanist. …”
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Northern Black Sea Region in 1400–1442 and the Origin of the Crimean Khanate by V.P. Gulevych

“…Possibly the actions of the Lithuanian Grand Duke in relation to Crimea were agreed with his elder brother Władysław III, King of Poland and Hungary. The Ambassador T. Buczacki visited Haci Giray in the summer of 1442 on behalf of Władysław III. …”
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МІЖНАРОДНА ПОЛІТИКА МОЛДАВСЬКОГО ГОСПОДАРЯ СТЕФАНА ІІІ ВЕЛИКОГО В КОНТЕКСТІ ІСТОРІЇ ПІВНІЧНОЇ БУКОВИНИ (1457 – 1474 РР.) / INTERNATIONAL POLICY OF MOLDAVIAN HOSPODAR STEPHEN III TH... by Олексій БАЛУХ

“…The meeting of the King of Poland and Stephen III representatives was held on October 9, 1467 in Khotyn. …”
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History of the Botanic Garden of the Stefan Batory University in Vilna (Vilnius) (1919–1939) (in Polish) by Alicja Zemanek, Piotr Köhler

“…The university in Vilna (Lithuanian: Vilnius), now Vilniaus universitetas, founded in 1579 by Stefan Batory (Stephen Báthory), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, was a centre of Polish botany in 1780-1832 and 1919-1939. …”
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Korespondencja Lwa Sapiehy do Radziwiłłów (w latach 1586–1622). Przyczynek do postrzegania na Litwie Stefana Batorego i Zygmunta III Wazy by Dominika Fesser

“…The topic of this paper is the representation of the two kings of Poland – Stephen Báthory andSigismund III Vasa – emerging from the correspondence of Lew Sapieha addressed to the Radziwiłłsof Birża: Krzysztof ‘the Thunder’ and his son Krzysztof (d. 1640), as well as Mikołaj KrzysztofSierotka of the Nieśwież line of the family. …”
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Brest Union in its prehistory and the beginnings of history by Yuriy Mulyk-Lutsyk

“…But his successes in this matter could not have a look for the further purpose, because the fate of the Orthodox Church under the Catholic power of the kings of Poland, which at the same time was the rulers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, was predetermined by the Catholic interests of Poland. …”
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