Remembering the Jagiellonians

Remembering the Jagiellonians is the first study of international memories of the Jagiellonians (1386-1596), one of the most powerful but lesser known royal dynasties of Renaissance Europe. It is essential reading for students of early modern Europe, ninteenth century nationalism and the history of memory.

Natalia Nowakowska is a Fellow and Associate Professor in History at Somerville College, University of Oxford, and Principal Investigator of the European Research Council (ERC) funded project 'Jagiellonians: Dynasty, Memory & Identity in Central Europe'. Her previous publications include King Sigismund and Martin Luther: The Reformation before Confessionalization (2018) and Church, State and Dynasty in Renaissance Poland: The Career of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon (1468-1503) (2007).

Introduction: space, time and dynasty; Chapter 1: Our foreign traitors and redeemers: remembering Jagiellonians in Lithuania; Chapter 2: An ambiguous golden age: Jagiellonians in Polish memory and historical consciousness; Chapter 3: The memory of the Jagiellonians in the Kingdom of Hungary, and in Hungarian and Slovak national narratives; Chapter 4: Did Bohemian Jagiellonians exist?; Chapter 5: Remembering Jagiellonians in German-Speaking lands; Chapter 6: Remembering a past princess: Catherine Jagiellon and the construction of national narratives in Sweden and Finland; Chapter 7: The Jagiellonians in Belarus: a gradual release of memory; Chapter 8: The Jagiellonians in Ukrainian traditions; Chapter 9: The Jagiellonian dynasty in Russian historiography and memory