szlachta - Article Index

Encyclopedia - List Of Polish Coats Of Arms: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Polish Coats Of Arms - List
The Coats of Arms are listed under their most popular name, which is followed by their alternate names in brackets. List of Polish Coats...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commonwealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Commonwealth - National
Commonwealth - Great Britain. The Commonwealth of England was the official name of the political unit (de facto military rule in the na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bohdan Khmelnytsky: Encyclopedia - Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Zynovii Mykhailovych Khmel'nyts'kyi (Богдан Зиновій Михайлович Хмельницький in Ukrainian, commo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August Ii The Strong: Encyclopedia - August Ii The Strong
August II the Strong (Polish: August II Mocny; German: August II der Starke; May 12, 1670 – February 1, 1733) was Elector of Saxony (wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bukovina: Encyclopedia - Bukovina
Bukovina (see the the list of alternative names for the name in different languages) is the territory on the northern slopes of the north...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Jewish History: Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Jewish History
This entry contains a timeline of the development of Judaism and the Jewish people. Note that all dates are given according to the Common...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism
Anti-Semitism (alternatively spelled antisemitism) is hostility toward or prejudice against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kazimierz Iii The Great: Encyclopedia - Kazimierz Iii The Great
Kazimierz III the Great (Polish: Kazimierz Wielki; 1310 – 1370), King of Poland, was the son of King Władysław I the Elbow-high and J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adam Mickiewicz: Encyclopedia - Adam Mickiewicz
Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (December 24, 1798 – November 26, 1855) was one of the most well-known Polish poets and writers, considered the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khmelnytskyi Uprising: Encyclopedia - Khmelnytskyi Uprising
Khmelnytskyi Uprising (also Chmielnicki Uprising or Chmielnicki Rebellion) is the name of a civil war in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonweal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cossack: Encyclopedia - Cossack
For the ghost town in Western Australia, see Cossack, Western Australia. Cossack is the common name that has been independently shared b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crown Land: Encyclopedia - Crown Land
Crown land is a designated land belonging to the Crown, the equivalent of an entailed estate that passed with the monarchy and could not ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Upper Class: Encyclopedia - Upper Class
The term upper class refers to a group of people at the top of a social hierarchy. Often members of an upper class do not have to work fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mead: Encyclopedia - Mead
Mead is a fermented alcoholic beverage made of honey, water, and yeast. It is generally pronounced "meed" (IPA: /miːd/), though South Af...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warsaw Confederation: Encyclopedia - Warsaw Confederation
The Warsaw Confederation (January 28, 1573), an important development in the history of Poland, is considered the formal beginning of rel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish Constitution Of May 3 1791: Encyclopedia - Polish Constitution Of May 3 1791
The Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791 (Polish: Konstytucja Trzeciego Maja) is claimed to be Europe's first modern codified national cons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Citizenship: Encyclopedia - Citizenship
Citizenship is membership in a political community (originally a city but now usually a state) and carries with it rights to political pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Komisja Edukacji Narodowej: Encyclopedia - Komisja Edukacji Narodowej
Komisja Edukacji Narodowej (KEN, Polish: "Commission of National Education," a kind of National Board of Education) was the central educa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commonwealth: Encyclopedia - Commonwealth
The original phrase "common wealth" or "the common weal" is a calque translation of the Latin term res publica ('public matters'), from w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zygmunt I The Old: Encyclopedia - Zygmunt I The Old
Zygmunt I the Old (Polish: Zygmunt I Stary; 1467 – 1548), fifth ruler of the Jagiellon dynasty, reigned as King of Poland from 1506 to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boreyko Coat Of Arms: Encyclopedia - Boreyko Coat Of Arms
Boreyko - is a Polish Coat of Arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Boreyko...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nobility: Encyclopedia - Nobility
The nobility represents, or has represented, the higher stratum of a society in which social classes can be distinguished. The most disti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Offices In The Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Offices In The Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth - Senatorial Offices
The upper chamber of the First Republic's Sejm (parliament, or diet) was the Senat. It comprised bishops, voivods, castellans and ministe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanisław August Poniatowski: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanisław August Poniatowski - Biography
Born in 1732, Poniatowski already at twenty, in 1752, as a Sejm deputy attracted attention with his oratory. He ultimately owed his caree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silesia: Encyclopedia Ii - Silesia - History
Silesia - Early people. Silesia was inhabited by various people that belonged to changing archeological cultures in the Stone, Bronze, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tadeusz Kościuszko: Encyclopedia Ii - Tadeusz Kościuszko - Biography
Tadeusz Kościuszko - Early life. Tadeusz Kościuszko was born February 4, 1746, in the village of Mereszowszczyzna in Polesie, Polish-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Treaty Of Hadiach: Encyclopedia Ii - Treaty Of Hadiach - History And Importance
Historian Andrew Wilson has called this "one of the great 'What-ifs?' of Ukrainian and East European history", noting that "If it had bee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adam Mickiewicz: Encyclopedia Ii - Adam Mickiewicz - Biography
Mickiewicz was born in the Zavosse manor of his uncle near Nowogródek (Lithuanian: Naugardukas, Belarusian: Наваградак, Russia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nobility: Encyclopedia Ii - Nobility - Western Nobility
Initially nobility descended from chivalry (or warrior class) in the feudal stage of the development of a society. Originally, knights or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zygmunt Iii Vasa: Encyclopedia Ii - Zygmunt Iii Vasa - Biography
He was born at Gripsholm during his parents' imprisonment by King Eric XIV. Although Sweden was protestant, Sigismund was raised as a cat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Serfdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Serfdom - History Of Serfdom
Social institutions similar to serfdom were known in ancient times. The status of the helots in the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Branicki Gryf: Encyclopedia Ii - Branicki Gryf - History
The Branicki family also called the "Gryfici Clan" was a magnate family, orginated from Branice in the Krakow Voivodship. One of most rep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bukovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bukovina - History
Bukovina - Before the 14th century. During Stone age Bukovina was densely populated by Cucuteni-Trypillian culture of early settlers (4...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bukovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bukovina - History
During Stone age Bukovina was densely populated by Cucuteni-Trypillian culture of early settlers (4500 BC – 3000 BC). Since the Roman t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Berdychiv: Encyclopedia Ii - Berdychiv - History
In 1430, Great Knight of Lithuania Vitautas (великий князь литовский Витовт) granted the rights over the area ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bar Confederation: Encyclopedia Ii - Bar Confederation - History
King Stanisław August was at first inclined to mediate between the Confederates and Russia, represented by his envoy to Warsaw, Prince N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sarmatians: Encyclopedia Ii - Sarmatians - History
Sarmatians - Herodotus. Herodotus (4.21) in the 5th century BC placed the Sarmatians of which he knew on the eastern boundary of Scythi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raphael Kalinowski: Encyclopedia Ii - Raphael Kalinowski - Childhood
He was born as Józef (Joseph) Kalinowski to a szlachta (noble) family. He was the second son of Andrzej (Andrew) Kalinowski, a professor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Religious Antisemitism
Anti-Semitism - Anti-Judaism in the New Testament. The New Testament is a collection of 'books' written by various authors. Most of thi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August Ii The Strong: Encyclopedia Ii - August Ii The Strong - Biography
August was born in Dresden, Saxony, the son of John George III and of Princess Anne Sophie of Denmark. In 1694, upon the death of his eld...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bohdan Khmelnytsky: Encyclopedia Ii - Bohdan Khmelnytsky - Biography
Bohdan Khmelnytsky - Early life. Khmelnytsky was probably born in Chyhyryn, in Ukraine; it is unclear whether to a family of Ruthenian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kościuszko Uprising: Encyclopedia Ii - Kościuszko Uprising - Uprising
On March 24, 1794 in Kraków General Tadeusz Kościuszko, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War pronounced the general uprising and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leliwa Coat Of Arms: Encyclopedia Ii - Leliwa Coat Of Arms - Blazon
Original arms of Leliwa, otherwise referred to as Leliwa I. [Shield] Azure [in Polish heraldry, this tincture is always sky blue], a cres...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Szlachta: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Szlachta - By Date Of Birth
This article lists important members of the szlachta (nobility) class of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by century and dat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kishka: Encyclopedia Ii - Kishka - Food
Kishka or kishke (Polish: kiszka; Russian: кишка, kishka; Ukrainian: кишка, kyshka; Yiddish: קישקע, kishke), is a Slavic w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kazimierz Siemienowicz: Encyclopedia Ii - Kazimierz Siemienowicz - Fundamental Work
"Artis Magnae Artilleriae pars prima" ("Great Art of Artillery, the First Part". also known as "The Complete Art of Artillery"), first pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jan Iii Sobieski: Encyclopedia Ii - Jan Iii Sobieski - Biography
Jan Sobieski was born 1629 at Olesko, Poland, to Jakub (James) Sobieski (1580-1646), Voivod of the Ruthenian Voivodship and Castellan of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jan Ii Kazimierz Vasa: Encyclopedia Ii - Jan Ii Kazimierz Vasa - Biography
His father Sigismund, grandson of Gustav I of Sweden, had succeded his father to the Swedish throne in 1592, only to be deposed by his un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kanclerz: Encyclopedia Ii - Kanclerz - Power And Responsibilities
Chancellors, as most of the other offices in Poland and later, the Commonwealth, were nominated to the office for life by the King during...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magnate: Encyclopedia Ii - Magnate - Magnates In Poland
In Poland all nobility (szlachta) were equal in terms of laws, so 'magnate' (Polish: magnat) was not an official title but rather a socia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Personal Union: Encyclopedia Ii - Personal Union - Commonwealth Realms Current And Former
Personal union - Antigua and Barbuda. Since 1981 upon obtaining independence as a Commonwealth Realm. In personal union sharing Queen ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish Cuisine: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish Cuisine - History
Polish cuisine - Middle Ages. During the Late Middle Ages the cuisine of Poland was very heavy and spicy. Two main ingredients were mea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish Name - Nazwisko Surname
Polish surnames, like those in most of Europe, are hereditary and generally patrilineal, i.e. passed from the father on to his children. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bukovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bukovina - History
During Stone age Bukovina was densly populated by Cucuteni-Trypillian culture of early settlers (4500 BC – 3000 BC). Since the Roman ti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Early History To Golden Age: 966–1572
History of the Jews in Poland - Early history: 966–1385. The first Jews arrived in the territory of modern Poland in the 10th century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sejm: Encyclopedia Ii - Sejm - History
Sejm - Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Poland This article is part of the series: Politics of Po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - Poland - History
Poland began to form into a recognizable unitary and territorial entity around the middle of the 10th century under the Piast dynasty. Po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth - History
The creation of the Commonwealth by the Union of Lublin in 1569 was one of the signal achievements of Sigismund II Augustus, last king of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish Language - Grammar
Polish is often said to be one of the most difficult languages for non-native speakers to learn; of course, this depends on one's native ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kazimierz Iii The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Kazimierz Iii The Great - Biography
Kazimierz the Great married firstly Anna, or Aldona Ona, the daughter of the prince of Lithuania, Gediminas. Their daughters were Cunigun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kazimierz Iii The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Kazimierz Iii The Great - Biography
Kazimierz the Great married firstly Anna, or Aldona Ona, the daughter of the prince of Lithuania, Gediminas. Their daughters were Cunigun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish-swedish War: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish-swedish War - Polish-sweden War Of 1600-1611
The conflict between Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden can trace its roots to the War against Sigismund, where Sigismund III, at ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish Heraldry: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish Heraldry - Peculiarities
Although the Polish heraldic system evolved under the influence of French and German heraldry, there are many notable differences. The mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Potocki: Encyclopedia Ii - Potocki - History
The Potocki family is a great artistocratic family originated from Potok in the Krakow Voivodship. Their family name derives from that pl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Offices In The Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Offices In The Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth - Senatorial Offices
The upper chamber of the First Republic's Sejm (parliament, or diet) was the Senate, comprising bishops, voivods, castellans and minister...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nihil Novi: Encyclopedia Ii - Nihil Novi - Nihil Novi Nisi Commune Consensu
It was an important victory for Polish noblemen (szlachta) over the kings. This act (called a constitution in Poland) forbade the king to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Władysław Iv Vasa: Encyclopedia Ii - Władysław Iv Vasa - Achievements
Władysław IV Vasa - Successes. Wladislaw was elected to the Polish throne on his father's death in 1632. In an attempt to take advant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magnate: Encyclopedia Ii - Magnate - Magnates In Poland
In Poland all members of the nobility (szlachta) were equal in terms of the law. "Magnate" (Polish: magnat) was thus not an official titl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki: Encyclopedia Ii - Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki - Biography
Following the abdication of King Jan II Kazimierz Vasa and the end of The Deluge, the Polish nobility (szlachta) elected Michał Wiśniow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sarmatism: Encyclopedia Ii - Sarmatism - Sarmatian Art And Writings
The name and the culture were reflected in contemporary Polish literature. Sarmatian culture was portrayed by many contemporary writers, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sejmik: Encyclopedia Ii - Sejmik - Features
Sejmiks were held usually on an large, open field. There were three kinds of sejmik: general (Polish: generalny, latin conventiones gene...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Jewish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Jewish History - Post Biblical-history
Timeline of Jewish history - 200 BCE to 700 CE. 200 BCE–100 CE Throughout this era the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) is gradually canonized. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cossack: Encyclopedia Ii - Cossack - History
Main article: History of the Cossacks Cossack - Origins. It is not clear when the Slavic people started settling in the lower reaches o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zaporizhzhia Region: Encyclopedia Ii - Zaporizhzhia Region - History
Zaporizhzhia was the name of the territory of the Cossack state, the Zaporozhian Host, whose fortified capital was the Zaporizhian Sich. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tadeusz Kościuszko: Encyclopedia Ii - Tadeusz Kościuszko - Biography
Tadeusz Kościuszko - Early life. Tadeusz Kościuszko was born February 4, 1746, in the village of Mereszowszczyzna in Polesie, Polish-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - English-speaking Countries
Almost all surnames of English origin fall into just four types: Occupations (e.g. Smith, Baker, Archer) Personal characteristics (e.g. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zygmunt Ii August: Encyclopedia Ii - Zygmunt Ii August - Royal Titles
At the very beginning of his reign he came into collision with the turbulent szlachta or gentry, who had already begun to oust the gre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanisław Koniecpolski: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanisław Koniecpolski - Biography
Stanisław Koniecpolski - Childhood. Stanisław Koniecpolski was born between 1590 and 15941 into the szlachta and magnate family of Ko...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stefan Batory: Encyclopedia Ii - Stefan Batory - Biography
Stefan Batory was born September 27, 1533, in Somlyo, Transylvania, to the local branch of the ancient Bathory family, now extinct, but o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ladislaus Hengelmuller: Encyclopedia Ii - Ladislaus Hengelmuller - The Hengelmuller-washington Incident
In the November 13, 1905 edition of the Washington Post, a "Hengelmuller-Washington" incident was described. Evidently Professor Booker T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Polish History Origins To 1600s: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Polish History Origins To 1600s - Early Period: 966-1385
Jewish Polish history origins to 1600s - Early history. This article incorporates text from the public domain 1901-1906 Jewish Encyclop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gerard Antoni Ciołek: Encyclopedia Ii - Gerard Antoni Ciołek - Biography
Gerard Antoni Ciołek was born on 24 September 1909 in Wyżnica, a small town in Bukovina territory of the Austro-Hungarian empire (now W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Belarus: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Belarus - Early History
The history of Belarus, or, more correctly of the Belarusian ethnicity, begins with the migration and expansion of the Slavic peoples thr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Early History To Golden Age: 966–1572
History of the Jews in Poland - Early history: 966–1385. Main article: History of Poland (966-1385) The first Jews arrived in the t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - English-speaking Countries
Almost all surnames of English origin fall into just four types: Occupations (e.g. Smith, Baker, Archer) Personal characteristics (e.g. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elections In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - Elections In Poland - Election Results
Elections in Poland - Poland 1989-present. Polish presidential election, 2005 Polish parliamentary election, 2005 European Parliament ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Central Lithuania: Encyclopedia Ii - Central Lithuania - History
Central Lithuania - Background. For fifty years following the January Uprising of 1864, the historical Grand Duchy of Lithuania was und...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Citizenship: Encyclopedia Ii - Citizenship - Supranational Citizenship
In recent years, some intergovernmental organisations have extended the concept and terminology associated with citizenship to the intern...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crown Land: Encyclopedia Ii - Crown Land - United Kingdom And Its Predecessors
Crown land - Anglo-Saxon and Norman. In Anglo-Saxon times the property of the king consisted of his private estate, the demesne of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland - Early History Of Poland 966-1385
Main articles: History of Poland (966-1385), Kingdom of Poland of the first Piasts, Kingdom of Poland during feudal dissolution, Kingdom ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1385–1569: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1385–1569 - The Golden Age Of The Sixteenth Century
The Jagiellons never recovered their hegemony over Central Europe, and the ascendancy of the Ottomans foreshadowed the eventual subjectio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jan Zamoyski: Encyclopedia Ii - Jan Zamoyski - Biography
Jan Zamoyski - Early years: the royal supporter. He attended the University of Paris and University of Padua. Since his student days he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - January Uprising: Encyclopedia Ii - January Uprising - History
After series of patriotic riots -russian regent of tsar Alexander II introduced martial law in Poland on 14 October 1861. The uprising br...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Polish History During The 1700s: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Polish History During The 1700s - Accession Of The Saxon Dynasty
With the accession to the throne of the Saxon dynasty the Jews completely lost the support of the government. While it is true that Augus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jan Iii Sobieski: Encyclopedia Ii - Jan Iii Sobieski - Biography
Jan Sobieski was born 1629 in Olesko, a small town near Lwów (modern Lviv, Ukraine), to a notable szlachta family of Sobieski of Janina ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland 966-1572: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland 966-1572 - Early Period: 966-1385
History of the Jews in Poland 966-1572 - Early history. The first Jews arrived in the territory of modern Poland in the 10th century. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1569–1795: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1569–1795 - House Of Vasa
History of Poland 1569–1795 - Zygmunt III Waza 1587–1632. The first few years of Sigismund's reign, until 1598 saw Poland and Swede...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1795–1918: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1795–1918 - World War I
After World War I and the collapse of the Russian, German and Austro-Hungarian Empires, Poland became an independent republic. However, P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - January Uprising: Encyclopedia Ii - January Uprising - History
The uprising broke out at a moment when general quiet prevailed in Europe and in Russia, and when the Revolutionary Party had not suffici...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Jewish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Jewish History - Post Biblical-history
Timeline of Jewish history - 200 BCE to 700 CE. 200 BCE–100 CE Throughout this era the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) is gradually canonized. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crown Land: Encyclopedia Ii - Crown Land - United Kingdom And Its Predecessors
Crown land - Anglo-Saxon and Norman. In Anglo-Saxon times the property of the king consisted of his private estate, the demesne of the ...   » Read the article