Silver Depreciation in 3-Polker Coins Issued during 1619–1627 by Sigismund III Vasa King of Poland by Ioan Petean, Gertrud Alexandra Paltinean, Emanoil Pripon, Gheorghe Borodi, Lucian Barbu Tudoran

“…The present research is focused on the 3-Polker coins issued during 1619–1627 by Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland. A major financial crisis took place at that time due to the 30-year War, which started in 1619. …”
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Nieznana księga z biblioteki króla Zygmunta Augusta w Książnicy Kopernikańskiej w Toruniu by Krystyna Wyszomirska

Subjects: “…sigismund augustus, king of poland…”
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Fakty i opowieść – Helikon polskiego Apollina Jerzego Władysława Judyckiego z okazji zaślubin Władysława IV i Ludwiki Marii (z edycją wybranych wierszy) by Monika Szafrańska

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Ladislaus II Jagiełło (1386–1434) by Mateusz Grzęda

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Music-Related Contacts Between the Courts of the Polish King and the Archdukes of Inner Austria and the Dissemination of musica moderna in Central and East-Central Europe by Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska

“…The marriages of the King of Poland Sigismund III Vasa with Anne (1592) and subsequently her sister Constance (1605), who were descendants of the dynasty of Archdukes of Inner Austria, had many cultural consequences. …”
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Reconsidering the origins of portraiture: introduction by Mateusz Grzęda, Marek Walczak

“…All these issues are considered based on Central European examples, namely, portraits of Casimir the Great, the king of Poland; those of Charles IV, the holy roman emperor and king of Bohemia, and a celebrated portrait of Rudolph IV, the archduke of Austria, thus stressing their relevance to the development of early modern portraiture.…”
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Richeza (c. 996-1063) – la reina consorte de Polonia – sabia o instigadora? by Anna Działak

“…Richeza (b. ca. 996 – d. 1063) was the wife of Mieszko II Lambert – the second King of Poland and the granddaughter of Otto II – the Holy Roman Emperor. …”
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„Bardzo szczęśliwy obrót spraw”. Pokój w Ryswick a elekcja 1697 roku w Polsce by Richard Price

“…The election of a new King of Poland in the summer of 1697 coincided with the peace negotiations at Ryswick which eventually brought to an end the current European war between Louis XIV of France and his opponents. …”
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Первые военные действия Великой Северной войны или что предшествовало битве под Нарвой (1700), в свете польской и шведской историографий... by Katarzyna Wagner

“…After the battle of Narva, where the Russians suffered a crushing defeat, Charles XII turned his attention upon the other powerful neighbor – Frederic I of Saxony (who was also the king of Poland as August II).…”
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Social Advancement among Patrician Families in Gdańsk in the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period as Exemplified by the Ferber Family by Ewa Bojaruniec

“…In 1515, the family were accepted into the nobility by the King of Poland Sigismund I and the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. …”
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The wooden architectural complex of the city and royal residence of the John III Sobieski in Kukizów by Mykola Bevz

“…The palace in Kukizów of King of Poland John III Sobieski is known only to a narrow group of architecture and art historians. …”
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Бои за контроль над Ригой в 1600 – 1611 годах by Збигнев Хмель (Zbigniew Chmiel)

“…Short reign of Sigismund III Vasa in Sweden (since 1587, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania) and his dethronement led to the outbreak of Polish-Swedish War in 1600. …”
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Teodoro Riccio’s Conundrum of 'Missa Ludovicus Dux Wirtenbergensis' Resolved? by Wojciech Odoj

“…In addition, how to reconcile the homage-like and conciliatory character of Riccio's preface to Liber missarum, a collection dedicated to Stefan Batory, with the presence of a mass in it, which could be treated as an open affront to the king of Poland. The antiphon Cornelius centurio, vir religiosus ac timens Deum and the story of the centurion Cornelius from the Acts of the Apostles allow us to look at this composition from a different point of view. …”
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DIE WELTGESCHICHTE IST DAS WELTGERICHT!':AUGUST THE STRONG, THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY AND THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY GERMAN HISTORICAL NOVEL by Brook, M

“…The study, purpose and literary depiction of history underwent a marked change in the nineteenth century, a development that occurred alongside a radical rejection of the eighteenth century and its perceived French influences, epitomised by the figure of August the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland (1670-1733). While efforts to differentiate the subject of history from literature turned the study of history into a discipline, the popularity of the historical novel shows that it was still an important way for the public to learn about history. …”

From the Royal Castle to school. King Stanisław August’s legacy and the Volhynian Gymnasium collections by Katarzyna Buczek

“…The library and the cabinet collections of King of Poland Stanisław August Poniatowski reflect the trends of the Enlightement as well as the monarch’s interests. …”
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Giacomo Zabarella, the Author of a Dedication to King Stephen Báthory by Zbigniew Liana

“…In 1577, Stefan Báthory King of Poland decided to create a college in Krakow modelled on the royal college in Paris. …”
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The Political Activity of Mazovian Dukes between the 13 th and 15 th Century by Waldemar Graczyk

“…After the death of Władysław Jagiełło, a group of Lesser Poland lords proposed the candidature of Siemowit V as king of Poland, and Mazovia had a chance to play a more significant role in Polish politics. …”
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Lunéville au miroir de Versailles : reflets d’un regard distancié (1698-1737) by Thierry Franz

“…Since the eighteenth century, the Château de Lunéville has been considered the ‘Versailles’ of Lorraine, a duchy that was then independent of its western neighbour, the kingdom of France, to which it was officially attached in 1766, on the death of the last duke, Stanislas Leszczyński (1677–1766), former king of Poland and father-in-law of King Louis XV. However, a study of the worksites of the residences rebuilt by his predecessors leads us to qualify the idea of a slavish copy of the French model. …”
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Image of Ivan Terrible in European Propaganda during Livonian War (Poetic Works of S. Wolf and J. Kokhanovsky) by N. V. Eylbart

“…On the example of two poetic works “An elegiac poem about the campaign of His Majesty Stephen the First, the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania against Ivan Vasilyevich, the Grand Duke of Moscow” by the German author Samuil Wolf (1582) and “The Song of the Capture of Polotsk” by the Polish poet Jan Kokhanovsky (1580) the conclusion is made about the great interest of the European reader in the personality of the Moscow tsar. …”
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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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