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, ...

At the turn of 11615/1616, negotiations concerning the end of hostilities between Publishing-Lithuanian commissioners and Moscow began at Smolensk with the mediation of the imperial envoy Erasmus Heide von Rassenstein ...

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 ...

In 1557 and 1558, Terebovlia was the place of the stay of the Polish army, whose task was to defend the Ruthenian lands of the Kingdom of Poland against the Tatar invasions. Surviving written records contain information ...

Sieges in the Middle Ages were always a difficult logistical undertaking. The most serious problems were faced during sieges of such places as fortified towns or especially large castles. In such cases, a basic difficulty ...

The period between 1301–1387 is known in Hungarian history as the age of the Angevin dynasty. The first part of this era can characterised by internal wars between royal power and feudal lords as a result of which King ...