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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1: Wawel at the End of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1787-1809)
Chapter 2: From Royal Necropolis to National Pantheon (1815-20)
Chapter 3: Texts and Contexts: Wawel, Krakow, and Poland in Ambrozy Grabowski's Historical Description (1822-66)
Chapter 4: The Return of Kazimierz the Great and the Renovation of the Royal Graves (1869-80)
Chapter 5: The Reclamation and Recovery of Wawel Hill (1879-1905)
Chapter 6: Stanislaw Wyspianski's Liberation (1903)
Chapter 7: King-Spirits and Kings: Wawel between the World Wars (1914-45)
Chapter 8: Wawel under Communism (1945-89)
Chapter 9: From Katyn to Smolensk: Commemorating National Tragedy on Wawel (1990-2010)
