This book focuses on a key zone within the eastern frontier of medieval Europe: Podillya in modern-day Ukraine. Vitaliy Mykhaylovskiy offers a definitive guide to the region, which experienced great cultural and religious diversity, together with a continuous influx of newcomers. This is where Christian farmers met Muslim nomads. This is where German town residents and Polish nobles met urban Armenians and Tatars serving in the military. Podillya offers a unique opportunity to see interaction of so many peoples, principalities, and cultures – the eastern frontier of Europe at its most dynamic.
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part 1. The Lost Historical Region of Europe
- Chapter 1. The Region with a New Name in Ruthenian Lands after 1340
- Chapter 2. Territory without Borders: Is It possible?
- Chapter 3. The Main Centres of Podillya in the Second Half of the Fourteenth Century
- Part 2. The Podolian Principality in the Second Half of the Fourteenth Century
- Chapter 4. Three Tatar Kingdoms in the Western Part of the Golden Horde in the Middle of the Fourteenth Century
- Chapter 5. The Koriatovych Brothers at the Service of Casimir III the Great and Louis I of Hungary
- Chapter 6. Spytek of Melsztyn: The New “Prince” from Kraków
- Part 3. Between the Polish Kingdom and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Podillya in the First Half of the Fifteenth Century
- Chapter 7. Choosing the Better Leader: Wladyslaw II Jagiello or Vytautas?
- Chapter 8. The Opening of an Unknown Territory to Newcomers
- Chapter 9. The Struggle for Podillya: Jagiello, Švitrigaila, the Shadow of Vytautas, and Pro-Polish Newcomers
- Part 4. The Edge of Europe in the East: The Podolian Voivodeship after 1434
- Chapter 10. New Law, New Officials, and New People in the Region
- Chapter 11. Patrons and Clients: The Formation of a Patronage System among the Podolian Nobility in the Fifteenth Century: The Buczacki Clientele Circle
- Conclusion
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
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