This book focuses on a key zone within the eastern frontier of medieval Europe: Podillya in modern-day Ukraine. Vitaliy Mykhaylovskiy offers a definitive guide to the region, which experienced great cultural and religious diversity, together with a continuous influx of newcomers. This is where Christian farmers met Muslim nomads. This is where German town residents and Polish nobles met urban Armenians and Tatars serving in the military. The territory emerged in historical narrative when Lithuanian and Polish rulers divided the legacy of the Ruthenian Kingdom and pushed Tatars back to the steppe. For one hundred and fifty years, this territory passed through many dominions - a western part of the Golden Horde, a principality under the Koriatovych brothers, a turf partitioned among the Polish kingdom and the duchy of Lithuania. Podillya offers a unique opportunity to see interaction of so many peoples, principalities, and cultures - the eastern frontier of Europe at its most dynamic.
Author(s): Vitaliy Mykhaylovskiy
Series: Beyond Medieval Europe
Publisher: Arc Humanities Press
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 192
City: Leeds
List of Illustrations
Chronology
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part 1. The Lost Historical Region of Europe
Chapter 1. The Region with a New Name in Ruthenian Lands after 1340
Chapter 2. Territory without Borders: Is It possible?
Chapter 3. The Main Centres of Podillya in the Second Half of the Fourteenth Century
Part 2. The Podolian Principality in the Second Half of the Fourteenth Century
Chapter 4. Three Tatar Kingdoms in the Western Part of the Golden Horde in the Middle of the Fourteenth Century
Chapter 5. The Koriatovych Brothers at the Service of Casimir III the Great and Louis I of Hungary
Chapter 6. Spytek of Melsztyn: The New “Prince” from Kraków
Part 3. Between the Polish Kingdom and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Podillya in the First Half of the Fifteenth Century
Chapter 7. Choosing the Better Leader: Wladyslaw II Jagiello or Vytautas?
Chapter 8. The Opening of an Unknown Territory to Newcomers
Chapter 9. The Struggle for Podillya: Jagiello, Švitrigaila, the Shadow of Vytautas, and Pro-Polish Newcomers
Part 4. The Edge of Europe in the East: The Podolian Voivodeship after 1434
Chapter 10. New Law, New Officials, and New People in the Region
Chapter 11. Patrons and Clients: The Formation of a Patronage System among the Podolian Nobility in the Fifteenth Century: The Buczacki Clientele Circle
Conclusion
Selected Bibliography
Index
