TY - EJOUR AU - Yvonne Kleinmann (Halle (Saale)) AU - Sven Jaros AU - William Connor T1 - Poland as a Colonial Power? T2 - Copernico. Geschichte und kulturelles Erbe im östlichen Europa PY - 2024/09/18 UR - https://www.copernico.eu/en/link/667410e891fa08.46985055 DA - 2026/04/22 PB - Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung - Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft LA - en AB - Poland as an object of colonial policy has been much discussed in recent research on the 19th and 20th centuries. But was Poland itself a colonial power in former times? We examine this possibility using two case studies. KW - Red Ruthenia KW - Belarus KW - Kingdom of Poland KW - Grand Duchy of Lithuania KW - Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth KW - Brandenburg-Prussia KW - Samogitia KW - Red Ruthenia KW - Volhynia KW - Mazovia KW - Podlachia KW - Livonia KW - Early modern period KW - Middle Ages KW - Post-colonial studies (field of research) KW - Historical narrative KW - Expansion KW - Estate-based society KW - Legal pluralism KW - Historical semantics KW - National movement KW - Civilization Mission (colonialism) KW - Colonialism KW - Reign KW - 19th century KW - Colonialism research KW - History of eastern europe KW - Imperial Studies KW - Global history DO - https://doi.org/10.25355/59e0-3m83 L1 - https://www.copernico.eu/en/doi/667410e891fa08.46985055 ER -