THE

HISTORY

OR

RUSSIA, POLAND, SWEDEN,

DENMARK, and PRUSSLA...

BY WILLIAM MAVOR, LL.D.

VICAR OP HURLEY IN BERKSHIRE, CHAPLAIN TO

THE EARL OF DUMFRIES,

AUTHOR OF THE BRITISH Nepos, &c. &c.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR RICHARD PHILLIPS, 91, ST. PAUL'S

CHURCH-YARD;
AND SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLIRS.

1803.

THE MARQUIS OF BUTE,

THIS VOLUME

OF THE

HISTORY OF THE

NORTHERN NATIONS OF EUROPE,

IS,

WITH EVERY SENTIMENT OF RESPECT

AND GRATITUDE,

INSCRIBED,

BY

HIS LORDSHIP'S

MOST FAITHFUL

AND OBLIGED SERVANT,

THE EDITOR.

Woodstock, October, 1803.

RUSSIA,

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Page.

Chap. I.-Description of Russia

1

Chap. II.- From the Accession of Ruric to

the Extinction of his family

Chap. III.–From the Extinction of the Li-

neage of Ruric to the Accession of the

present reigning Family of Romanoro 45

Chap. IV.–From the Accession of the now

reigning Family of Romanow to the ex-

tinction of the male Race of that Lineage - 59

Chap. V.-From the Extinction of the Male

Race of the Family of Romanow, to the

Commencement of the nineteenth century 93

POLAND.

Chap. I.-Description of Poland, and its

History till the Extinction of the Family

of Piastus

136

Chap. II.- From the Extinction of the Fa-

mily of Piastus to the Abdication of the

throne by John Casimir

157

Chap. III.- From the Resignation of John

Casimir to the Accession of Stanislaus

Augustus Poniatowski, the last King of

Poland

173

Chap. IV.–From the Accession of Stanis-

laus Augustus Poniatowski, the last king ,

of Poland, to the present Time

194

SWEDEN.