King Władysław II Jagiełło Archives

The Turning Point in the Battle of Tannenberg (Grunwald/Žalgiris) in 1410

June 22, 2012 By Medievalists.net

Battle of Grunwald from the Lucerne Chronicle (1513)

SVEN EKDAHL is Assistant Professor of History at Gothenburg University and Professor of Medieval History at the Polish-Scandinavian Research Institute in Copenhagen. He has published extensively on the history of the Teutonic Order in Prussia as well as treated Polish, Baltic, and Scandinavian themes.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Baltic, Christianity, Eastern Europe, Fourteenth Century, Germany, King Władysław II Jagiełło, Late Middle Ages, Lithuania, Military History, Paganism, Poland, Politics, Social History, Teutonic Knights, The Battle of Grunwald, War

The artistic patronage of Władysław II Jagiello. Beyond the opposition between Byzantium and the Renaissance

November 11, 2011 By Medievalists.net

King Władysław II Jagiełło kneeling before the Blessed Virgin Mary. Fresco in the Chapel of the Holy Trinity in Lublin.

Due to his semi-Ruthenian roots, the king’s customs, piety, aesthetic taste, and artistic patronage are all frequently regarded as strongly influenced by Eastern elements.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Art History, Byzantium, Fifteenth Century, Fourteenth Century, King Władysław II Jagiełło, Poland

The Battle of Grunwald

July 16, 2011 By Medievalists.net

The Battle of Grunwald, fought on July 15th, 1410, has a kind of mythical status in the history of not only Poland, but Lithuania and Germany. Called the Battle of Tannenberg by the Germans and the Battle of Zalgiris by the Lithuanians, this clash was decisive moment in the history of the Eastern Europe.

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Fifteenth Century, Germany, King Władysław II Jagiełło, Lithuania, Military History, Poland, Politics, Social History, Teutonic Knights, War

W PRZEŹROCZU SYMBOLU GRUNWALDZKIEGO

July 16, 2011 By Medievalists.net

W PRZEŹROCZU SYMBOLU GRUNWALDZKIEGO Lisowska, Kinga , Marchlewski, Szymon Pracownia Wydawnicza „ElSet”, Olsztyn (2010) Abstract „W przeźroczu symbolu grunwaldzkiego” to polsko-litewski projekt, który został zrealizowany w ramach Programu „Grunwald” Narodowe- go Centrum Kultury od 15 kwietnia do 15 grudnia 2010 r. przez Pol- skie Towarzystwo Historyczne Oddział w Olsztynie, Wydział Humani- styczny Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie oraz Sekcję Studencką […]

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Na znak świetnego zwycięstwa

July 16, 2011 By Medievalists.net

Na znak świetnego zwycięstwa Ostrowski, Jan Wawel: Grunwald 1410-2010,Dodatek Specjalny, 29 Kwietnia (2010) Abstract 8 maja roku 1410 Władysław Jagiełło wyruszył z Wawelu na wojenny pochód, który miał go zaprowadzić pod Grunwald. 5 lipca 1410 r. sto- czono sławną bitwę. 25 listopada 1411 roku chorągwie zdobyte na Krzyżakach zostały złożone przy grobie św. Stani- sława w […]

The Charge of Polish Knights and Infantry at the Battle of Grunwald

July 16, 2011 By Medievalists.net

Known as the Battle of Grunwald in Poland, the Battle of Tannenberg in Germany and as the Battle of Zalgirio in Lithuania, the military clash was one of the largest and longest battle fought during the medieval period.

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Art and Jewish–Polish Relations: Matejko and Gottlieb at the National Museum in Warsaw

July 15, 2011 By Medievalists.net

Art and Jewish–Polish Relations: Matejko and Gottlieb at the National Museum in Warsaw MENDELSOHN, EZRA Jewish Studies at the Central European University, Budapest (2000) Abstract The visitor to the National Museum [Muzeum Narodowe] in Warsaw will eventually arrive at the splendid gallery devoted chiefly to the works of Poland’s most celebrated nineteenth-century history painter, Jan […]

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RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BATTLE OF GRUNWALD AS EMOTIONAL PROMOTIONAL MESSAGE

July 15, 2011 By Medievalists.net

RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BATTLE OF GRUNWALD AS EMOTIONAL PROMOTIONAL MESSAGE Hochleitner, Janusz (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Faculty of Humanities) &, Makowski, Michał (Powislanski College in Kwidzyn, Faculty of Management) GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites, Year IV no.1, vol. 7, (May 2011) Abstract The study presents the possibility of using an event in […]