Here all is Poland : a pantheonic history of Wawel, 1787-2010 /

This study traces the history of a pantheonic funeral tradition in Krakow, the traditional site of royal coronation and burial in Poland. The author examines the evolution of this tradition and its likely continuance into the future.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nungovitch, Petro A. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]
Subjects:	Wawel (Kraków, Poland) > History. Funeral rites and ceremonies > Poland > Kraków > History. Poland > Kings and rulers > Death and burial > History. Kraków (Poland) > Civilization.

Table of Contents:

Wawel at the end of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1787-1809)
From Royal Necropolis to National Pantheon (1815-20)
Texts and contexts: Wawel, Krakow, and Poland in Ambro and Grabowski's historical description (1822-66)
The return of Kazimierz the great and the renovation of the Royal Graves (1869-80)
The reclamation and recovery of Wawel Hill (1879-1905)
Stanisław Wyspiański's liberation
King-spirits and kings: Wawel between the World Wars (1914-45)
Wawel under communism (1945-89)
From Kąty to Smolensk: commemorating national tragedy on Wawel (1990-2010).