Due to the volumetric framework, the article focuses on only two factors that shaped Spain’s international position: the effectiveness of the foreign policy of its kings and the state’s military capabilities. However, ...

The article focuses on the political situation in the Bracław voivodeship in the mid-1780s. In 1783, a change took place in structures of the royalist party in the south-eastern part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. ...

Wacław Hieronim Sierakowski was, without a doubt, one of the most distinctive figures of the Saxon period and the beginning of Stanisław August Poniatowski’s times. While he was not part of the innermost circle of politicians ...

The article presents the history of the estate of Stefan Koryciński, Crown Chancellor (1653–1658). It was established that after the division of the estate of his father. Koryciński inherited seven villages, then he ...

Książka jest zbiorem dwudziestu jeden wartościowych merytorycznie i nowatorskich studiów opartych na obszernej bazie źródłowej i piśmienniczej. Zawiera wyniki najnowszych badań z historii Polski i dziejów powszechnych w ...

This article analyzes civil law contracts relating to the wedding of Stefan Mikołaj Branicki and Katarzyna Scholastyka Sapieha. The marriage was concluded in 1687, and it was preceded by a prenuptial agreement a year ...

Mary Willis Ambler was the second of five girls born to Rebecca Burwell and Jacquelin Ambler, a prominent Yorktown family. She grew up learning many of the traditional lessons of girls at the time. John Marshall was born ...

This article presents the mechanisms, the agents of transfer, and the channels of communication responsible for the processes of cultural exchange within the network of European courts in 16th–18th centuries. It focuses on ...

The article presents military service of Ludwik Pac under Napoleon’s banners. He was the last representative of a great old family deserving in history of Rzeczpospolita. He took part in the campaign of 1808 in Spain and ...

From July 1784 to mid-1792, a Polish trade and diplomatic post operated in Kherson (until the spring of 1788), and then in Mirgorod, in the Black Sea territories of the Russian Empire. From mid-1784 until the end of 1791, ...