Chapter 1. THE REGION WITH A NEW NAME IN RUTHENIAN LANDS AFTER 1340

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS vii
4. CHRONOLOGY ix
5. ABBREVIATIONS x
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. PART 1: THE LOST HISTORICAL REGION OF EUROPE
8. Chapter 1. THE REGION WITH A NEW NAME IN RUTHENIAN LANDS AFTER 1340 15
9. Chapter 2. TERRITORY WITHOUT BORDERS: IS IT POSSIBLE? 21
10. Chapter 3. THE MAIN CENTRES OF PODILLYA IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY 29
11. PART 2. THE PODOLIAN PRINCIPALITY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
12. Chapter 4. THREE TATAR KINGDOMS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE GOLDEN HORDE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY 43
13. Chapter 5. THE KORIATOVYCH BROTHERS AT THE SERVICE OF CASIMIR III THE GREAT AND LOUIS I OF HUNGARY 49
14. Chapter 6. SPYTEK OF MELSZTYN: THE NEW “PRINCE” FROM KRAKÓW 69
15. PART 3. BETWEEN THE POLISH KINGDOM AND THE GRAND DUCHY OF LITHUANIA: PODILLYA IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
16. Chapter 7. CHOOSING THE BETTER LEADER: WŁADYSŁAW II JAGIEŁŁO OR VYTAUTAS? 83
17. Chapter 8. THE OPENING OF AN UNKNOWN TERRITORY TO NEWCOMERS 95
18. Chapter 9. THE STRUGGLE FOR PODILLYA: JAGIEŁŁO, ŠVITRIGAILA, THE SHADOW OF VYTAUTAS, AND PRO- POLISH NEWCOMERS 113
19. PART 4: THE EDGE OF EUROPE IN THE EAST: THE PODOLIAN VOIVODESHIP AFTER 1434
20. Chapter 10. NEW LAW, NEW OFFICIALS, AND NEW PEOPLE IN THE REGION 129
21. Chapter 11. PATRONS AND CLIENTS: THE FORMATION OF A PATRONAGE SYSTEM AMONG THE PODOLIAN NOBILITY IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY: THE BUCZACKI CLIENTELE CIRCLE 153
22. CONCLUSION 171
23. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 173
24. INDEX 179