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| May 15, 2017 at 18:29 | comment | added | Kevin Peter | Both a weak king and a weak legislature meant there was no effective central government, leaving Poland-Lithuania ripe for exploitation. | |
| May 15, 2017 at 18:21 | comment | added | Kevin Peter | The King and powerful magnates were able to raise a fairly powerful army (mainly cavalry) and the neighbors didn't have the strength to overwhelm the country. As time went on, horse-mounted lancers became less effective vs better muskets and artillery. Also, the neighbors became better organized and more powerful. The kings also became weaker over time, and by the 1700s, power lay mainly in the hands of powerful regional magnates. Those magnates squabbled among each other and were easily bribed, leaving the country weak and vulnerable to foreign aggression. | |
| May 13, 2017 at 9:40 | comment | added | Paŭlo Ebermann | The last sentence sounds like just that system was what left Poland-Lithuania alive so long? | |
| May 12, 2017 at 22:10 | history | answered | Kevin Peter | CC BY-SA 3.0 |