France xxi, 57, 85, 91, 136, 156, 161, 162, 165, 167, 178-9, 193, 209, 211, 213, 220, 221-6, 234, 247, 248, 258, 260, 276, 291, 312, 313, 314, 316, 319, 338
Francis I, King of France 61
Francis II, Emperor of Austria 211
Franciscan monks 61
Franco-Prussian War (1870) 261
François Louis de Bourbon, Prince de Conti 175, 176
Frank, Hans 316
Frank, Jakub 185
Frankfurt Parliament 238, 239, 260
Frederick Augustus of Saxony, Duke of Warsaw 208, 221
Frederick II, Emperor 22
Frederick II, ’the Great’, King of Prussia 192, 194, 195, 210
Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg 179
Frederick IV, King of Denmark 177
Frederick William II, King of Prussia 210, 211-13, 215
Frederick William IV, King of Prussia 260
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg 166
Fredro, Andrzej 160
Freedom and Independence (WiN) 333
French Revolution (1789) 85, 209, 211, 220
Friederika, Sofia Augusta 191
Frycz-Modrzewski, Andrzej 99-100
Fyodor I, Tsar of Muscovy 112, 121
Galicia 210, 220, 222, 226, 237, 244, 251, 267, 268, 273, 274, 284, 290, 293, 307, 342
Galician Economic Association 266
Gallus 5-6, 9, 14
Garibaldi, Giuseppe 242, 244, 247, 248
Gdańsk 20, 26, 39, 48, 51, 52, 65, 92, 109-10, 126, 148, 149, 153, 154, 155, 156, 158, 180, 190, 210, 293, 315, 363, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 377
Gdynia 309, 363
Gedroyc, Jerzy 399
Gedroyc, Bishop Melchior 60
Georgia 404
Geremek, Bronisław 371, 381
Germany xviii, xxi, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 15, 17, 20, 26-7, 71, 78, 92, 154, 165, 184, 226, 401-2, 403;
Giełgud, General Antoni 233
Gierek, Edward 362, 364, 365-6, 368, 370-1, 372, 373
Girey, Mehmet 148
Głowacki, Aleksander 279
Gniński, Jan 153
Gniew, Battle of (1656) 135
Gniezno 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 30, 31, 34, 261
Gołuchowski, Agenor 267
Gomułka, Władysław 323, 335, 336, 354, 356, 357, 358, 360, 361, 362-3, 364
Gorbachev, Mikhail 379, 382
Górnicki, Łukasz 99
Grabski, Stanisław 296
Grabski, Władysław 308
Grand Armée 224, 255
Grand Council (
Gregory IX, Pope 22
Grochów, Battle of (1831) 233
Grodno 201, 213, 216
GROM 402
Gromyko, Andrei 372
Grottger, Artur 280
Grunwald, Battle of (1410) 38, 40
Grzegorz of Sanok, Archbishop of Lwów 53
Grzepski, Stanisław 99, 102
Guardians of the National Laws 209
Guizot, François 256
Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden 115, 165
Guyuk, Khan 31
Guzów, Battle of 118
Habsburg dynasty 37, 39, 42, 43, 55, 56, 57, 60, 79, 91, 110, 112, 113, 115, 149, 161, 165, 166-7, 179, 234, 267, 292, 297, 307
Haller, General Józef 291, 302
Hanbury-Williams, Sir Charles 190-1
Havel, Vaclav 400-1
Henri III, King of France 108-9;
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor 8
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 12
Henry V, King of England 42
Henry VII, King of England 57
Henry VIII, King of England 57, 61, 68, 69, 70
Henryk II (de Valois), King of Poland (Henri III of France) 106-9, 146
Henryk of Sandomierz, Prince 15
Henryk ’the Pious’, Duke of Kraków 19
Henryk Probus of Silesia, Duke 27
Herbert, Zbigniew 360
Hertzberg, Count 209-10
Hitler, Adolf 311, 312, 314, 316, 323, 325, 327, 331
Hlond, Augustyn, Archbishop of Gniezno 347
Hoene-Wroński, Józef Maria 254
Hohenzollern, Albrecht von 39, 110-11, 165
Hohenzollern dynasty 110-11, 165, 291
Holy Roman Empire 5-6, 8, 11, 12, 79, 111, 179, 249
Hosius, Cardinal Stanisław 74, 111
Hundred Years’ War 30
Hungary 8, 11, 12, 19, 21-2, 28, 42, 52, 56, 57, 94, 95, 109, 110, 141, 152, 167, 168, 184, 220, 239, 249, 357, 386, 400
Hus, Jan 40
Hussein Pasha of Silistria, Grand Vizir 163, 171
Hussite movement 40, 62-3
Huta Bankowa 269
Iliński, Aleksander 249
IMF (International Monetary Fund) 404
Impressionism 280
industry 200-1, 269-71, 293, 308, 309, 365
Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) 407
Institute of Social Sciences 352
Instytut Literacki 367
Insurrection: 1794 213, 215, 216; 1830 232-5, 242, 249, 250, 260; 1848 237-9, 276; 1863 242, 243-6, 250, 260-1, 276, 279, 282
Iogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania 35, 37;
Iran 372
Iraq 402
Isaac ben Abraham of Troki 65
Israel 361, 401
Italy xxi, 4, 6, 14, 32, 54, 55, 85, 94, 96-8, 100, 101, 103, 170, 236, 247, 248, 254, 291, 312
Ivan IV ’the Terrible’, Tsar 80, 106, 107, 111, 121
Ivanov, General 333
Iwaszkiewicz, Jarosław 360
Jabłonowska, Anna 173