Poland-Lithuania in the early modern period

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European great power early modern state historical polity multiethnic commonwealth

Poland-Lithuania in the early modern period was a vast multiethnic commonwealth in Eastern Europe that became a major political power and a principal cultural, religious, and demographic center of Ashkenazi Jewry.

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Label Occurrences
Golden Age of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1
History of Poland (1569–1795) 1
Poland-Lithuania in the early modern period canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf European great power ⓘ
early modern state ⓘ
historical polity ⓘ
multiethnic commonwealth ⓘ
borders Crimean Khanate ⓘ
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Sweden

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Tsardom of Russia ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
endTime late 18th century ⓘ
formedByUnionOf Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
hasCapital Kraków ⓘ
Warsaw ⓘ
hasCulturalFeature religious pluralism relative to contemporaries ⓘ
hasDemographicFeature largest Jewish population in Europe ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity grain export via Baltic ports ⓘ
hasEconomicSystem manorial economy ⓘ
serfdom-based agriculture ⓘ
hasGovernmentalPrinciple Golden Liberty ⓘ
hasInstitution Sejm ⓘ
surface form: liberum veto in the Sejm
hasJewishInstitution Council of Four Lands ⓘ
Va’ad Medinat Lita (Council of the Land of Lithuania) ⓘ
hasLegalDocument Warsaw Confederation (1573) guaranteeing religious freedoms ⓘ
hasLegalStatusForNobility extensive political rights ⓘ
hasLegislature Sejm ⓘ
hasMajorEthnicGroup Armenians ⓘ
Germans ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
Lithuanians ⓘ
Poles ⓘ
Ukrainians ⓘ
surface form: Ruthenians (Ukrainians and Belarusians)

Tatars ⓘ
hasMajorLanguage German ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Lithuanian ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
Old East Slavic ⓘ
surface form: Ruthenian (Old Belarusian / Old Ukrainian)

Yiddish ⓘ
hasMajorReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Judaism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasNobilityClass szlachta ⓘ
hasNotableRuler John III Sobieski ⓘ
Sigismund I the Old ⓘ
Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ
Stanisław II Augustus Poniatowski ⓘ
Stephen Báthory ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Latin ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
Old East Slavic ⓘ
surface form: Ruthenian (Chancery Slavonic)
hasPoliticalSystem elective monarchy ⓘ
nobles’ republic ⓘ
hasRulerTitle King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania ⓘ
isMajorCenterOf Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora ⓘ
surface form: Ashkenazi Jewry

Jewish religious scholarship ⓘ
Yiddish culture ⓘ
locatedIn Central Europe ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
partOf Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Vienna ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Vienna (1683)

Polish–Swedish wars ⓘ
surface form: Deluge (Swedish and Russian invasions, mid-17th century)

Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648–1657) ⓘ
Russian Partition of Poland ⓘ
surface form: Partitions of Poland (1772, 1793, 1795)

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
surface form: Union of Lublin (1569)

Wars with the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
startTime late 15th century ⓘ
timePeriod early modern period ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jewish diaspora → hasCenter → Poland-Lithuania in the early modern period ⓘ
Jan Zamoyski → movement → Poland-Lithuania in the early modern period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Second Partition of Poland → category → Poland-Lithuania in the early modern period ⓘ
this entity surface form: History of Poland (1569–1795)