IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 1608: Power, Expansion, and Domination in Medieval Poland, 13th-15th Centuries
Thursday 10 July 2014, 11.15-12.45
Organiser: | Sobiesław Szybkowski, Instytut Historii, Uniwersytet Gdański |
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Moderator/Chair: | Paul Knoll, Department of History, University of Southern California |
Paper 1608-a | From Rags to Riches: Unraveling Ups and Downs of Władysław Łokietek's Political Career (Language: English) Index terms: Military History, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1608-b | The Confrontation of Two Local Empires: The Contention between the Polish-Lithuanian State and the Teutonic Order in Prussia for Domination in the South-East Part of the Baltic Sea Basin at the End of 14th and at the Beginning of the 15th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Trade, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1608-c | The Papal Power over Polish Society: The Penitentiary (Poenitentieria Apostolica) – The Universal Authority in Action, 1471-1492 (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Ecclesiastical History, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | The subject of power, domination, and expansion is interwoven into the whole medieval history of Poland. It can be presented only by depiction of individual examples. A question of explaining mechanisms, which led to the elevation of Władysław the Elbow-high from the position of a political bankrupt to assuming power in Poland (and renewal of the Kingdom of Poland) in 1320 is similarly significant. In turn, Poland's union with Lithuania gave her status of a local power, which led to a multifaceted contention for influence in the area of south-east part of the Baltic Sea basin with other local power, the Prussian-Livonian state of the Teutonic Order. Interestingly enough, this conflict had not taken a form of a great military clash up to 1409. Throughout the entire period of Middle Ages, the papacy exerted a very important influence on Polish history. Its impact on Polish-Lithuanian society is shown in the prism of activities of Apostolic Penitentiary during the period of 1471-1492. |