Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1385-1795

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Chronologically organized collection of Polish literature
From Bibliotheca Augustana
(12th-20th century; facsimiles and transcriptions)
Collection of Polish literature divided by time period:
(English)
Includes decrees signed by rulers. From the Poznan state archives.
(1270-1704; Polish facsimiles)
  • Reports of Christmas Practices
Innocent III Against the Ludi
Constitutio Synodalis Uniejoviensis (Constitutio Janislai)
Cracow Diocese Statutes
Synodal Statutes of Bishop Andrew of Poznan
Sermons of Michał from Janowiec
From In Nomine Jassa
(1207-late 15th century; Latin transcriptions with English translations)
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Includes diary of Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł about pilgrimage to Holy Land (1607).
(15th-18th century; Polish facsimiles and transcriptions)
Important chronicle of Poland by Polish priest and chronicler.
(English translation; 15th century)
The sermons come from Latin Quarto number 244 found in the Saint Petersburg library
(15th century; Latin transcription)
The Diplomatic Codex of Greater Poland
(1400; Polish and Latin; eBook)
(July 15, 1410; text in Polish and English)
Treaty between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Teutonic Knights.
(1411; Latin)
Document includes privileges and obligations of Catholic knights and feudal lords on the territory of Polish Kingdom and Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Document imposed Polish laws on nobility of both territories: Polish and Lithuanian.
(Gorodlo, October 2, 1413; Russian translation)
Document contains information about rights and duties of the noble people in Poland.
(1454; image of the facsimile, text in Polish)
Document contains information about conditions of peace between Poland and Teutonic Knights.
(October 19, 1466; image of the facsimile, text in Polish)
From a searchable database at the Leibniz Institute for European History, University of Mainz.
(1491 - 1534; facsimiles and transcriptions with German and English interfaces)
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(1501-1728; Polish facsimiles)
Diplomatics of Poland, in which are contained the privileges of the kings of Poland and the great captains of Lithuania
(1506; Latin facsimile)
Document contains information about conditions of peace between Poland and Teutonic Knights.
(8 April 1525; Latin transcription)
Manuscripts in the Collection of the Slavonic Library
(1554; facsimile; Old Polish and Belorussian; Czech interface)
Document was written by Polish King Sigismund II Augustus.
(June 14, 1562; Belarusian transcription)
Polish transcription.
Document about decision of Lublen Seym to unite Poland and Lithuania in one country Rech’ Pospolita.
Document determines laws about king, Seym, money, and trade taxes. Here, in Ukrainian.
(1569; Polish facsimile and transcription)
Document contains information about Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth affairs and rights of freedom of religion.
(January 28, 1573; transcription in Russian)
Site contains document that guaranteed Religious toleration in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. of: guaranteed.
(January 28, 1573; Polish transcription)
Facsimiles of old prints from the Library of the Historical Institute of Warsaw University
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(1576-1816; Polish facsimiles)
Manuscripts in the Collection of the Slavonic Library
(1554; facsimile; Old Polish and Belorussian; Czech interface)
(1591 - 1593; map, Polish text)
Document contains articles about conditions of coexistence of Catholic and Orthodox churches.
(1596; Belarusian transcription)
Provided by the Latvian National Library.
(16th to 18th centuries; map facsimiles and descriptions)
Document contains witness how Tsarevitch Dmitriy was rescued.
(beginning of 17th century; Russian translation)
Site contains documents of the relations between Polish and Moscow in the Time of Troubles.
(Beginning 17th century; commentaries, modern Russian translation)
Site contains information about the situation in Moscow.
(June 8, 1607; transcription in Russian)
Site contains information about war, plans, maps, numbers of soldiers.
(1600 - 1609; images, text in English)
(May 29, 1606 – February 13, 1607; transcription in Russian)
Document contains information about Moscow Kingdom and situation in Belarus lands.
(August 8, 1607; transcription in Russian)
Site contains information about troubled times in Moscow kingdom and Polish affair in it.
(February, 1610; transcription in Russian)
(August, 1610; transcription in Russian)
(August 17, 1610; commentaries, images, modern Russian translation)
(1610; transcription in Russian)
(1654-1667; Spanish map)
(1697-1699; Russian transcription)
Laws of the country Rezczpospolita.
(1768; Russian transcription)
Document contains conditions and agreements between three countries.
(January 4, 1772; transcription in Russian)
Document contains conditions and agreements between three countries.
(July 25, 1772; transcription in Russian)
Consisting of His Military Operations in Poland, His Exilie into Kamchatka, His Escape and Voyage from that Peninsula through the Northern Pacific Ocean, Touching at Japan and Formosa, to Canton in China, with an Account of the French Settlement He Was Appointed to Form Upon the Island of Madagascar.
(1790; English facsimile)
Treaty determines borders between Poland and Prussia.
(25 September 1793; Polish transcription)
(1772, 1793, 1795; commentaries, text in Russian)
Site contains numerous documents about relations between Poland and Russia.
(1772, 1793, 1795; commentaries, transcription in Russian)
Agreement gave Russia "Duchy of Courland and Semigallia to Mitau and Libau (modern South Latvia), Lithuania to Vilna and Grodno, western Black Rus, Western Polesie with Brest and Western Volyn Lutsk." Austria and Prussia divided up Polish lands.
(23 December 1794 (Gregorian: 3 January 1795); French and Old Russian transcription, modern Russian trans

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