Jan Sobieski: The King Who Saved Europe

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JAN SOBIESKI Copyright © 2012 by Miltiades Varvounis. CONTENTS Foreword Preface Introduction The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth I Childhood and the Grand Tour II Endless Fighting III A Splendid Wedding IV Nemesis of the Tatars V The Battle of Chocim VI King of Poland VII Culture and Politics VIII ‘Inshallah’ IX Kara Mustafa Ante Portas X Siege and Agony XI Before the Mother of All Battles XII ‘Venimus, Vidimus, Deus Vincit’ XIII Bloodshed at Parkany XIV The Crusade XV In the Hands of God Illustrations Chronological Table Brief Biographies Brisacier (1647—1683?) Brzostowski Konstanty (1644-1722) Charles of Lorraine (1643-1690) Chmielnicki Bohdan (1595-1657) Czarniecki Stefan (1599-1665) D’Aviano Marco (1631-1699) Denhoff Wladyslaw (1639-1683) Doroszenko Piotr (1627-1698) Gameren van Tylman (1632-1706) Giray I Selim (1631-1704) Gustav X Charles (1622-1660) Heweliusz Jan (1611-1687) Hyde Laurence (1641-1711) Ibrahim Seytan Pasha (?-1685) Innocent XI (1611-1689) Jablonowski Jan Stanislaw (1634-1702) Kazimierz Jan (1609-1672) Kara Mustafa (1634-1683) Kulczycki Franciszek Jerzy (1640-1694) Leopold I (1640-1705) Lubomirski Augustyn Hieronim (1648-1706) Lubomirski Sebastián Jerzy (1616-1667) Louis XIV (1638-1715) Maxymillian II Emanuel (1662-1726) Mehmed IV (1642-1693) Morsztyn Andrzej Jan (1621-1693) Pac Zygmunt Krzysztof (1621-1684) Pac Kazimierz Michal (1624-1682) Pasek Chryzostom Jan (1636-1701) Pignatelli Antonio (1615-1700) Potocki ‘Rewera’ Stanislaw (1589-1667) Sapieha Pawel Jan Kazimierz (1637-1720) Siemiginowski-Eleuter Jerzy (1660-1711) Sienawski Hieronim Mikolaj (1645-1683) Sheremetev Borisovich Vasily (1622-1682) Sobieski Benedykt Aleksander (1677-1714) Sobieski Jakub (1590-1646) Sobieski Ludwik Jakub (1667-1737) Sobieski Wladyslaw Konstanty (1680-1726) Sobieski Marek (1628-1652) Sobieska Marysienka (1641-1716) Sobieska Teofila Zofia (1607-1661) Starhemberg von Rudiger Ernst (1638-1701) Thokoly Imre (1657-1705) Waldeck Friedrich Georg (1620-1692) Wisniowiecki Korybut Michal (1640-1673) Zamoyski Sobiepan Jan (1627-1665) Historical Gazetteer Adrianople (Edirne) Amsterdam Antwerp Athens Berlin Braclaw (Bratslav) Brunn (Brno) Buda (Budapest) Chocim (Khotyn) Constantinople (Istanbul) Cracow Czestochowa Gdansk Gyor Hainburg (Hainburg an Der Donau) Iasi Jaworow (Yavoriv) Kamieniec Podolski (Kaminets Podolsk) Karlowitz (Sremski Karlovci) Kassa (Kosice) Kiev (Kyiv) Komarom (Komarno) Kowno (Kaunas) London Lublin Lwow (Lviv) Olesko Olmutz (Olomouc) Osijek Paris Parkany (Sturovo) Podhajce (Pidhaitsi) Poznan Suceava Torun Vienna Warsaw Wilno (Vilnius) Zamosc Zolkiew (Zhovkva) Zurawno (Zhuravno) Selected Bibliography Sources in English Sources in Greek Sources in Polish