The era of Jagiello (1395 – 1413)
Nicholas Zharkikh
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Grant of the Spytko of Melsztyn in 1395.
Švitrigaila’s charter for Kozlov
Granting of Jagiello to Podillja
Map of Jagiello’s grants in Podillja
based on maps.meta.ua topography
The red arc with a radius of 65 km, centered in Kamianets (marked 0 on the map), covers almost all the settlements. They are located no further than two days’ journey from the center of the region.
Jagiello’s journey in 1411
Jan Długosz (1415 – 1480) wrote about this trip in the 11th book of his chronicle.
In the description of the route, we have two geographical puzzles at once.
Map of Jagiello’s journey in 1411
based on Google maps topography
In the south, in the middle Pobozhye, the king visited the already known Sokilets and Bratslav. A new object is Karavul.