Tor LillqvistMar 4
Contrafactual history: What if #Sigismund's reign as ruler of both Sweden and Poland (and Lithuania) would have continued with his descendants and Sweden (which included Finland) + Poland + Lithuania would have evolved from an accidental and fragile personal union into an actual federation?
PhotochromprintsFeb 21, 2025

King Sigismund's monument, Warsaw, Russia (i.e. Warsaw, Poland) between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of architecture and other sites primarily in Poland, Russia, and the Ukraine

#Sigismund #Warsaw #Russia #Poland #Ukraine #European #photography #historicalPhotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001697525/

De ArcheoloogMay 14, 2024
Bij een #opgraving in #Visegrád, een versterkt middeleeuws kasteel op een heuvel met uitzicht op de Donau in Noord-#Hongarije, hebben archeologen onder een tennisbaan fundamenten van de 15e-eeuwse #kerk van de maagd Maria ontdekt, gebouwd tijdens het bewind van koning en later keizer #Sigismund.
https://arkeonews.net/lost-14th-century-church-discovered-under-a-tennis-court-in-hungary/
Lost 14th Century Church Discovered under a Tennis Court in Hungary - Arkeonews

During an archaeological excavation in Visegrád, a fortified medieval castle on a hill overlooking the Danube in northern Hungary, the ruins of the Church of the Virgin Mary, built during the reign of King Sigismund, were found under a tennis court.

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Early Modern DiplomacyDec 8, 2023

#emdiplomacyAdventCalendar (8/24)

Let's end this week with an #emdiplomacyReadingRecommendation! Through sheding light on #diplomacy at the #court of Polish king #Sigismund III #Vasa (1566-1632) this brand new anthology edited by Oliver Hegedüs and Kolja Lichy highlights a widely overlooked region and makes an important contribution to the history of #emdiplomacy beyond the south-west European focus that dominates research.

https://brill.com/display/title/57174

#AdventCalendar #NewDiplomaticHistory #histodons @histodons @historikerinnen

Monarchie und Diplomatie

"Monarchie und Diplomatie" published on 12 Apr 2023 by Brill | Schöningh.

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