New Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Gdansk, Poland and Prussia

New Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Poland and Prussia: The Impact of Gdansk draws together the latest reseach conducted by local historians and archaeologists on the city of Gdansk and its impact on the surrounding region of Pomerania and Poland as a whole. Beginning with Gdansk's early political history and extending from the 10th to the 16th century, its twelve chapters explore a range of political, social, and socio-cultural historical questions and explain such phenomena as the establishment and development of the Gdansk port and city. A prominent theme is a consideration of the interactions between Gdansk and Poland and Prussia, including a look into the city's links with the State of the Teutonic Order in Prussia and the Kingdom of Poland under the rule of the Piast and Jagiellonian dynasties. The chapters are placed in the historical context of medieval Poland as well as the broader themes of religion, the matrimonial policy of noble families or their contacts with the papacy. This book is an exciting new study of medieval Poland and unparalleled in the English-speaking world, making it an ideal text for those wanting to deepen their knowledge in this subject area.

Beata Mozejko is Professor in the Department of Medieval History of Poland and Auxilliary Sciences of History, Institute of History, University of Gdansk (Poland). Her main field of interest is history of late medieval Gdansk and of Hanseatic League. She focuses also on the study of medieval society and King of Poland Kazimierz Jagiellonczyk (1447-1492). In her recent monograph, she pays attention to Great caravel "Peter von Danzig" 1462-1475 (2011). She is aslo co-editor of the volumes: The natural history of food. Between Ancient Time and The Nineteenth Century (2012); Catalogue of documents and letters of the kings of Poland. From the State Archive in Gdansk (to 1492) (2014) and In the era of sailing ships. Sea between Ancient Time and The Eighteenth Century (2015).

List of figures List of maps List of contributors Acknowledgements Introduction 1.The political history of Gdansk from the town beginnings to the 16th century 1.1 The political history of Gdansk: from the early 10th to the 14th century 1.2. The political history of Gdansk: from the early 15th to the 16th century 2.Gdansk Chancellery and Registers in the 14th-15th Centuries 3.Two Local Empires in Confrontation. Poland and Lithuania Competing with the Teutonic State to Dominate the South-Eastern Region of the Baltic Sea (the End of the 14th c. to 1409) 4. Crafts after decline of the Teutonic Order State. Case study of Malbork 5.Religion in Gdansk in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times: from St. Adalbert's Mission to the Reformation Victory 6 . Maritime Gdansk in the second half of the 14th and the 15th century: the phenomenon of privateer Paul Beneke and the great caravel Peter von DanzigBeata Mozejko 7. The city of Gdansk faces the threat of Danish privateers at the end of the 15th and during the 16th century. 8. City constitution, municipal laws and public order in the 16th - century Gdansk 9. In the Melting Pot of Different Traditions, Styles, and Tastes. Gothic Panel Painting in Gdansk 10. Faith and political strategy. Artistic donations for St. Mary's Church in Gdansk during the reign of the Teutonic Order 11. Inter-regional marital alliances as an element of marriage strategies of the Greater Polish higher nobility in late medieval times (from the late 14th to the early 16th centuries) 12. Ceremony and pleasure on the occasion of the visit to Gdansk in 1504 of Aleksander Jagiellonczyk, King of Poland, and his wife Helena Index