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Here all is Poland : a pantheonic history of Wawel, 1787-2010
Title
Here all is Poland : a pantheonic history of Wawel, 1787-2010 / Petro Andreas Nungovitch.
ISBN
9781498569125
1498569129
9781498569132
Publication
Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2019
Physical Description
xxx, 315 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Summary
"This study traces the history of a pantheonic funeral tradition in Krakow, the traditional site of royal coronation and burial in Poland. The author examines the evolution of this tradition and its likely continuance into the future."--Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Pantheonic history of Wawel, 1787-2010
Other formats
Online version: Nungovitch, Petro A., author. Here all is Poland Lanham : Lexington Books, [2019]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 28, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Wawel at the end of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1787-1809)
From Royal Necropolis to National Pantheon (1815-20)
Texts and contexts: Wawel, Krakow, and Poland in Ambro and Grabowski's historical description (1822-66)
The return of Kazimierz the great and the renovation of the Royal Graves (1869-80)
The reclamation and recovery of Wawel Hill (1879-1905)
Stanisław Wyspiański's liberation
King-spirits and kings: Wawel between the World Wars (1914-45)
Wawel under communism (1945-89)
From Kąty to Smolensk: commemorating national tragedy on Wawel (1990-2010).
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