Polish Medieval Project

The Origins of Poland

According to Polish myth, the Slavic nations trace their ancestry to three brothers who parted in the forests of Eastern Europe, each moving in a different direction to found a family of distinct but related peoples. Fanciful elements aside, this tale accurately describes the westward migration and gradual differentiation of the early West Slavic tribes following the collapse of the Roman Empire. About twenty such tribes formed small states between A.D. 800 and 960. One of these tribes, the Polanie or Poliane ("people of the plain"), settled in the flatlands that eventually formed the heart of Poland, lending their name to the country. Over time the modern Poles emerged as the largest of the West Slavic groupings, establishing themselves to the east of the Germanic regions of Europe with their ethnographic cousins, the Czechs and Slovaks, to the south. In spite of convincing fragmentary evidence of prior political and social organization, national custom identifies the starting date of Polish history as 966, when Prince Mieszko (962-992) accepted Christianity in the name of the people he ruled. Mieszko is considered the first ruler of the Piast Dynasty (named for the legendary peasant founder of the family), which endured for four centuries. Between 967 and 990, Mieszko conquered substantial territory along the Baltic Sea and in the region known as Little Poland to the south. By the time he officially submitted to the authority of the Holy See in Rome in 990, Mieszko had transformed his country into one of the strongest powers in Eastern Europe.

Mieszko's son and successor Boleslaw I (992-1025), known as the Brave, built on his father's achievements and became the most successful Polish monarch of the early medieval era. Boleslaw continued the policy of appeasing the Germans while taking advantage of their political situation to gain territory wherever possible. Frustrated in his efforts to form an equal partnership with the Holy Roman Empire, Boleslaw gained some non-Polish territory in a series of wars against his imperial overlord in 1003 and 1004. The Polish conqueror then turned eastward, extending the boundaries of his realm into present-day Ukraine. Shortly before his death in 1025, Boleslaw won international recognition as the first king of a fully sovereign Poland*
*from http://info-poland.buffalo.edu/classroom/longhist1.html


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More info:
http://www.kresy.co.uk/lech_gniezno.html
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/StStanislas/whiteeagle.html
http://info-poland.buffalo.edu/classroom/eagle.html


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[hellkhat]

my freaking gosh, its so freaking good.... there are a few paintings in it, that really really interest me... could u send me a message or smth. i think this work is just quality 100%

[Rogvist]

If You write which ones interest You hellkhat, maybe I will be able to find a net site containing some of the paintings. Contact me and I'll try to help You out.

Best wishes to You.

[migmajorialiti]

Skoro nazwa Polska pochodzi od Polan, to czemu w pewnej legedzie gdzie Rus załozyl Rosje, a Czech Czechy, a Polskie jakis Lech.

I np w "ogniem i mieczem"(narazie tylko ten film mi przyszlo na mysl) na polaków mówi sie "Lachy"

Z kad sie bierze to określenie na "L"

[Rogvist]

Rus założył Ruś.

[viterzgir]

Sláva vám Poľský Bratia !!!

pozdravujem zo slovenska

[TuzesViz]

Very informing video. It is always nice for us Hungarians to learn about our Polish brothers.

Cheers,

TuzesViz

[FrieLegos]

This is a long shot, but at 5:36 do you think you could give me a rough gestimate of all the periods that the weapons and armor relate to in the pictures? Specifically any pictures from around 1100 A.D. I'll be making a movie series about this time and I want to get the weapons and armor correct for the various factions like Poland, the Holy Roman Empire, etc.

[vankanar]

@migmajorialiti A Węgrzy mówią "Leńdziel" i to z tego samego powodu który wyjaśnił Ci @MrDrattius

My też mówimy na Germanów Niemcy.

[Tomenable]

@WojtuszewskiPL

Things for school projects usually aren't awesome.

[Pancerni]

I have a tendency to name my pet cats after royalty or deities(usually Egyptian).Have a black and white tabby,a cow cat if you will,that I named after the great Mieszko I,he is a hellion and the bully of the household.Since I pick obscure names like this,the vets office just fucking loves me as they always have a hard time getting it right.

[jurassiccristal]

@migmajorialiti,Lechici to nazwa grupy plemion zachodniosłowiańskich, do której należeli Polanie. Za Wikipedią: "Lechici to grupa plemion zachodniosłowiańskich, która obok grupy plemion czeskich i plemion łużyckich stanowiła zachodnie plemiona słowiańskie. Z grupy tej wydzieliły się trzy odłamy: plemiona polskie, plemiona połabskie oraz plemiona pomorskie zasiedlające południowy brzeg Bałtyku". Słowo "Lechici" pochodzi od ruskiego słowa "Lachy" i jest starsze niż legenda o Lechu, Czechu i Rusie.

[WojtuszewskiPL]

Was this for a school project or something like that, because this is awesome.

[MrDrattius]

@migmajorialiti Określenie "Lach" wywodzi się od plemienia Lędzian z południowo wschodniego regionu obecnej Polski. Nazywani są również Lachami. I tak określenie na wszystkie plemiona polskie w Rusi wzięło się od tego właśnie plemienia. Potem przetrwało to w języku do późniejszych czasów. Stąd np wciąż określenia na Polaków jako Lachów.

[stonoteniskisampion]

Svaka cast za video! Slava Polska! Greetings from your serbian brother!

[AlekPL0]

@migmajorialiti Po arabsku czy tam turecku Polska to Lechistan :)

[winnepago]

@migmajorialiti

Wg legendy Polskę założył Lech - czyli nazywano nas 'Lachami'. Ale to wg legendy. Bardziej prawdopodobne wydaje się faktycznie, że nazwa Polska pochodzi od Polan. Moim zdaniem przynajmniej. Pozdrawiam.