Period of transition, 1340-1387
The first problem to receive attention in the literature is the transition period between 1340 and 1387, when Poland, Lithuania, and Hungary put forth claims for the Galician-Volhynian inheritance, while at the same time local boyars, led for a time by Dmytro Ded’ko (d.
1349), allied with one or more of the surrounding rival states, as well as with the Tatars in an attempt to maintain authority over their homeland. Control over all or part of Galicia-Volhynia changed numerous times during these years, and the actions of all the powers concerned have been outlined by Ivan Filevych, Mykhailo Hrushevs’kyi, and more recently Gotthold Rhode.[238] The Polish viewpoint regarding these complicated years was put forth by Kazimierz Gorzycki and in a comprehensive monograph by Henryk Paszkiewicz, both of whom emphasize Poland’s supposed historical right to Galicia, whose eventual unity with Poland they consider to have been advantageous to the otherwise unfortunate province.[239] The problem of succession to the Galician-Volhynian inheritance and whether the Polish king, Casimir the Great, ever established any real control over the area during the 1340s are the subjects of solid studies by Antoni Prochaska and Omelian Terlets’kyi.[240] Finally, a recent work by Paul Knoll surveys Polish policies toward Galicia and the east throughout the reign of Casimir, while earlier works by Ivan Matii'v, Ernest Breiter, and Aleksy Gilewicz focus on the Polish-Hungarian struggle for Galicia and on Wladyslaw Opolski, the Polish duke who ruled Galicia from 1372 to 1378.[241]
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