Annals of Jan Długosz
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Autor: M. Michael Wydawnictwo: IM Publications Data wydania: 1997 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-1-901-01-9001 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 459.6 zł | |
Jan Długosz's great Polish chronicle, Annals seu cronicae incliti regni Poloniae, written in Latin, is now ranked on a par with those of Froissart and de Commynes.The Annals provide a fascinating insight into how people in Eastern Europe lived during these five hundred years that start in the twilight of paganism and end while the smell of burned heretic is still acrid in the reader's nostrils. This is the time when gunpowder first made its appearance on the battlefields of Europe. Major wars were often prevented or settled więcej... | ||
