What is the history of Polish people?

Ethnic Poles are considered to be the descendants of the ancient Lechites and other tribes that inhabited the Polish territories during the late antiquity period. The subsequent Christianization of Poland by the Catholic Church, in 966 CE, marked Poland’s advent to the community of Western Christendom.

What is a history book called?

History. Nonfiction history books include any books that lay out the known facts about a particular, time, culture, or event in history.

What are some of the best books about Polish history?

One of classic books about Polish history is “God’s Playground” by Norman Davies. As it’s of English author, it should be easily reachable in English. It was published in 1979 so you’d rather find other position for modern history, let’s say 1950+. God’s Playground.

What is the Concise History of Poland about?

The only general introduction to the politics of Polish history in English, The Concise History of Poland covers medieval times to the present. The authors describe how Polish society developed under foreign rule in the 19th century and how it was altered by and responded to 45 years of communism,…

What do you like most about Zamoyski’s book?

I loved the way that Zamoyski sheds light on how intertwined Poland’s history was and is with European history, the dynamics that contributed to her fall and how that fall affected the rest of Europe. He does a great job or telling the history of Europe and Poland in one volume.

When did the Slavs first appear in Poland?

The authors chose as their starting point the first written attestations of a Slavic-speaking population in Poland in the late first millennium AD (so no description of earlier eras from e.g. archaeological evidence or vague Greek and Roman claims), and in the most recent edition they get up to the second decade of this new millennium.