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Historical person
c. 1370s–1399
Jadwiga was crowned monarch of Poland in 1384 and married Jogaila of Lithuania, who became Władysław II Jagiełło. Their union helped create the Polish–Lithuanian partnership, encouraged Lithuania’s Christianisation and made Jadwiga an enduring symbol of piety, learning and dynastic statecraft.
In Henryk Sienkiewicz’s The Knights of the Cross, Volume I, Zbyszko’s growing devotion to Danusia is therefore tied from the beginning to the political struggle that will eventually bring Poland and Lithuania into open war with the Order.
Series
This four-volume edition divides Sienkiewicz’s medieval novel The Knights of the Cross, also translated as The Teutonic Knights. The story follows Zbyszko of Bogdaniec from a reckless vow made for Danusia through captivity, bereavement and the growing war between the Teutonic Order and the Polish–Lithuanian alliance. The fictional…
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