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God's Playground: A History of Poland is a history book in two volumes written by Norman Davies, covering a 1000-year history of Poland.Volume 1: The origins to 1795, and Volume 2: 1795 to the present first appeared as the Oxford Clarendon Press publication in 1981 and have since been reprinted in multiple times, [1] and translated into Polish as Boże igrzysko : Historia Polski by Elżbieta ...
In 1984, Davies published Heart of Europe, a briefer, more essay-like history of Poland, in which the chapters are arranged in reverse chronological order. In the 1990s, Davies published Europe: A History (1996) and The Isles: A History (1999), about Europe and the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, respectively. Each book is a narrative ...
Heart of Europe: A Short History of Poland is a book about history of Poland, written by the English historian Norman Davies.It was published by Oxford University Press in 1984.
The Cambridge History of Poland, 2 vols., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1941 (1697–1935), 1950 (to 1696). New York: Octagon Books, 1971 online edition vol 1 to 1696 Archived 13 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine, old fashioned but highly detailed; Davies, Norman. God's Playground. A History of Poland. Vol. 2: 1795 to the Present.
Baptism of Poland. [3] 967: Battle of Mieszko I with Wichmann and Wolinians: 970: Denarius becomes the currency of Poland 972: 24 June: Mieszko I defeats Odo I at the Battle of Cedynia: 989: Lesser Poland is conquered 990: After a victory against Boleslaus II, Silesia is annexed 992: May 25: Death of Mieszko I: 997
Historian Norman Davies notes that the Polish question is the primary lens through which most histories of Europe discuss the history of Poland, and was one of the most common topics of European politics for close to two centuries. [3]
Norman Davies: God's Playground: The Origins to 1795 – A History of Poland. Oxford University Press, New York 2005, ISBN 0-19-925339-0. René Hanke: Brühl und das Renversement des alliances. Die antipreußische Außenpolitik des Dresdener Hofes 1744–1756. Lit, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-8258-9455-X.
Heart of Europe: A Short History of Poland. Oxford University Press, 1984. 511 pp. excerpt and text search; Davies, Norman. God's Playground: A History of Poland. 2 vol. Columbia U. Press, 1982. 1,189 pp.; highly detailed, well-written narrative but criticized by some specialists online excerpts and search at Amazon.com; vol 1 to 1795