Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Republic of the Two Nations, or Republic of Both Nations (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów, Lithuanian: ?e?pospolita or Abiej? taut? respublika, Belarusian: ??? ?????????? or ??? ?????????? ??????? ???????, Latin: Regnum Serenissima Poloniae) was a federal monarchy?republic formed by the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569, lasting until 1795.

References

• Norman Davies, God's Playground, ISBN 0231053533 and ISBN 0231053517 (two volumes).
• Jan Chryzostom Pasek, Memoirs of the Polish Baroque: The Writings of Jan Chryzostom Pasek, a Squire of the Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania, ISBN 0520027523.
• Adam Zamoyski, The Polish Way: a Thousand-Year History of the Poles and Their Culture, ISBN 0781802008.
• Pawel Jasienica, Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów, ISBN 8306010930.
• Zdzis?aw Kowalewski, Rzeczpospolita nie doceniona: Kultura naukowa i polityczna Polski przedrozbiorowej, ISBN 832110312X.
• Teresa Chynczewska-Hennel, Rzeczpospolita XVII wieku w oczach cudzoziemców, ISBN 8304041073.
• Albrycht Stanis?aw Radziwi??, Pami?tnik o dziejach w Polsce.