{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"House of Jagiellon - Part 4: The slow unraveling of a royal experiment","description":"The halls of Kraków now echo with uncertainty. The last Jagiellons walk beneath faded banners, watching as ambition and betrayal erode the foundations they once laid. The end does not come in a single blow, but as a slow, relentless unraveling—from within and without.\r\n\r\nIn the final decades of the dynasty, the Polish-Lithuanian throne becomes a prize for schemers and kingmakers. The great lords gather, not in unity, but in competition—each seeking to bend the crown to their own will. Foreign envoys haunt the court, their gold and promises turning noble against noble, as the principle of elective monarchy, once a shield, becomes a weapon for intrigue.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thelineagearchive.com/dynasty/house-of-jagiellon","author_name":"The Archive Network"}