Poland Audiobook Libro.fm

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Since its beginnings Poland has been a moving target geographically as well as demographically and the very definition of who is a Pole has been in flux In the late medieval and early modern periods the country grew to be the largest in continental Europe only to be later wiped off the map for more than a century Yet even under these constraints Poles persisted in their desire to wrest from their oppressors a modicum of national dignity and ultimately managed to achieve much more than that

Poland is a sweeping account designed to amplify major figures moments milestones and turning points in Polish history These include important battles and illustrious individuals alliances forged by marriages and choices of religious denomination and meditations on the likes of the Polish battle slogan for our freedom and yours that resounded during the Polish fight for independence

The experience of oppression helped Poles to endure and surmount various challenges in the twentieth century and Polands demonstration of strength was a model for other peoples seeking to extract themselves from foreign yoke Patrice Dabrowskis work situates Poland and the Poles within a broader European framework that locates this multiethnic and multidenominational region squarely between East and West