Renaissance Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Poland=== {{main|Renaissance in Poland}} {{multiple image | width1 = 125 | width2 = 150 | image1 = Wawel-kaplica1.jpg | alt1 = Sigismund Chapel | image2 = Nagrobek Zygmunta Starego i Zygmunta Augusta.jpg | alt2 = Tombstone | footer = A 16th-century Renaissance tombstone of Polish kings within the [[Sigismund Chapel]] in [[Kraków]], Poland. The golden-domed chapel was designed by [[Bartolommeo Berrecci]]. }} An early Italian humanist who came to [[Poland]] in the mid-15th century was [[Filippo Buonaccorsi]]. Many Italian artists came to Poland with [[Bona Sforza]] of Milan, when she married King [[Sigismund I the Old|Sigismund I]] in 1518.<ref>[http://en.poland.gov.pl/Bona,Sforza,%281494,%E2%80%93,1557%29,1958.html Bona Sforza (1494–1557)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506203103/http://en.poland.gov.pl/Bona,Sforza,(1494,%E2%80%93,1557),1958.html |date=6 May 2014 }}. poland.gov.pl (Retrieved 4 April 2007)</ref> This was supported by temporarily strengthened monarchies in both areas, as well as by newly established universities.<ref>For example, the re-establishment of [[Jagiellonian University]] in 1364. {{Cite web |last=Waltos |first=Stanisław |date=31 October 2002 |title=The Past and the Present |url=http://www.uj.edu.pl/dispatch.jsp?item=uniwersytet/historia/historiatxt.jsp&lang=en#narodziny |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021120144715/http://www.uj.edu.pl/dispatch.jsp?item=uniwersytet%2Fhistoria%2Fhistoriatxt.jsp&lang=en |archive-date=20 November 2002 |website=Uniwersytet Jagielloński}}</ref> The Polish Renaissance lasted from the late 15th to the late 16th century and was the [[Polish Golden Age|Golden Age]] of [[Polish culture]]. Ruled by the [[Jagiellonian dynasty]], the [[Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)|Kingdom of Poland]] (from 1569 known as the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]]) actively participated in the broad European Renaissance. The multi-national Polish state experienced a substantial period of cultural growth thanks in part to a century without major wars – aside from conflicts in the sparsely populated eastern and southern borderlands. The Reformation spread peacefully throughout the country (giving rise to the [[Polish Brethren]]), while living conditions improved, cities grew, and exports of agricultural products enriched the population, especially the nobility (''[[szlachta]]'') who gained dominance in the new political system of [[Golden Liberty]]. The Polish Renaissance architecture has three periods of development. The greatest monument of this style in the territory of the former [[Duchy of Pomerania]] is the [[Ducal Castle, Szczecin|Ducal Castle]] in [[Szczecin]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page