Natalia Starchenko - The Ukrainian Worlds of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Written based on court records, the history at the brink of 16th and 17th century on Rus’. Colorful and lively story about neighborly quarrels, mogul’s conflicts, royal blackmails, and privileges of nobility. Even though the author focused only on one century, she takes a closer look from a modern perspective, filtering events through the prism of contemporary issues and values.

In the collection of over a hundred stories, the author analyses the attitudes, choices and actions of her characters. She tells about who they thought they were, how they understood the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and their place in it, its legal and social order, and what rules and rituals accompanied them in their everyday lives. The common, 17th-century history comes to life thanks to colorful stories about events and people from centuries ago.

Translated form Ukrainian to Polish: Tomasz Hodana and Katarzyna Kotyńska.
It is the first volume from the new Ister series under the editorship of Łukasz Galusek, Paulina Małochleb and Bartosz Sadulski.

The publication is available in book and digital versions.

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