But researchers believe that they know when the armor was made: back in the 17th century. This places it squarely within the era of Polish hussars. The word “hussar” originated in 15th-century ...

Most Poles know that Polish Sarmatism was a cultural trend popular among the nobility of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Reaching its peak in late 17th century, after the wars with the Ottoman ...

However, in the 17th century they were enough to sentence the accused to death ... Shelley could’ve learned about the disturbing story from the Polish town through her friend John Polidori. The ...