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Boleslaw the Brave: Founder of the Polish Kingdom

Boleslaw the Brave: Founder of the Polish Kingdom

Harcourt, Edward

Paperback

Historical FiguresPolish History

ISBN13: 9798198429581
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 24 2026
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.33 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In Boleslaw the Brave: Founder of the Polish Kingdom, Edward Harcourt brings to life the ruler who transformed a rising frontier power into a recognized kingdom at the heart of Central Europe. Across the river valleys of the Vistula and the Oder, and through the strongholds of Gniezno, Poznan, and Krakow, Boleslaw forged a realm shaped by warfare, diplomacy, and the steady consolidation of authority. His reign carried Poland into the sphere of kings and emperors, establishing a foundation that endured beyond his lifetime.

Drawing on early medieval sources such as Thietmar of Merseburg's Chronicle and Gesta principum Polonorum, Harcourt reconstructs a world of shifting frontiers, contested power, and emerging statehood. From the Congress of Gniezno to campaigns in Bohemia and Kievan Rus, Boleslaw's rise reveals a ruler navigating a complex political landscape, where legitimacy had to be built as carefully as territory was won.

More than a biography, this book explores the birth of kingship in early Poland and the creation of a unified political identity. Boleslaw's kingdom stood at the crossroads of Europe, and the structures he forged continued to shape its history long after his death.

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