He sanctioned a code of laws for Great and Lesser Poland, which gained for him the title of " the Polish Justinian " and founded the University of Kraków which is the oldest Polish university, although his death temporarily stalled the university's development ( which is why it is today called the " Jagiellonian " rather than " Casimirian " University ).

Lesser Poland is taken account by the mention of its capital, Kraków (" craccoa ").

The name can be construed as referring to old Poland, as opposed to Lesser ( or Little ) Poland ( Polish Małopolska, Latin Polonia Minor ), a region in southern Poland with its capital at Kraków.

( This division of Crown Poland into two entities called Greater and Lesser Poland had its roots in the Statutes of Casimir the Great of 1346 – 1362, where the laws of " Greater Poland " – the northern part of the country – were codified in the Piotrków statute, with those of " Lesser Poland " in the separate Wiślica statute.

In Poland, however, the lords of Lesser Poland ( Poland's virtual rulers ) did not want to continue the personal union with Hungary, nor to accept as regent Mary's fiancé Sigismund, whom they expelled from the country.

Soon after Jadwiga's coronation, new suitors for Jadwiga's hand appeared: Duke Siemowit IV of Masovia and Grand Duke Jogaila of Lithuania, the latter supported by the lords of Lesser Poland.

That same year ( 1385 ), Jogaila and the lords of Lesser Poland signed the Union of Krewo whereby Jogaila pledged to adopt Western Christianity and unite Lithuania with Poland in exchange for Jadwiga's hand and the Polish crown.

Category: Cities and towns in Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Lesser Poland superimposed on borders of current Polish voivodeships, with its three historic lands-Kraków, Sandomierz and Lublin

Lesser Poland ( also Little Poland, Polish Małopolska, Latin Polonia Minor ) is one of the historical regions of Poland ; its capital in the city Kraków.

It forms the southern part of the country, and should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers only a small, southern part of Lesser Poland.

The 1507 Lesser Poland and Red Ruthenia Map ( Polonia Minor, Russia ) by Martin Waldseemüller

The 1507 Lesser Poland and Red Ruthenia Map ( Polonia Minor ; Russia ) by Martin Waldseemüller

* Polonia Minor or Lesser Poland, a historical region of Poland

As the name Asia came to be extended to other areas east of the Mediterranean, the name for Anatolian became specified as Asia Minor (" Lesser Asia ", Μικρὰ Ἀσία ) in Late Antiquity.

The northern portion was known as Lesser Phrygia or Phrygia Minor (

The Minor Arcana ( or Lesser Arcana ) are the 56 suit cards of the 78-card deck of tarot playing cards.

Oltenia (, also called Lesser Wallachia in antiquated versions, with the alternate Latin names Wallachia Minor, Wallachia Alutana, Wallachia Caesarea between 1718 and 1739 ) is a historical province and geographical region of Romania, in western Wallachia.

It is also referred to as the Minor Doxology ( Doxologia Minor ) or Lesser Doxology, to distinguish it from the Greater Doxology, the Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

Scythia Minor, " Lesser Scythia " (, Mikrá Skythia ) was in ancient times the region surrounded by the Danube at the north and west and the Black Sea at the east, corresponding to today's Dobruja, with a part in Romania and a part in Bulgaria.

Instead, it was used in the Little Dunkeld Church, the parish church of the district of Minor or Lesser Dunkeld.

Lesser Armenia (), also known as Armenia Minor and Armenia Inferior, refers to the Armenian populated regions, primarily to the west and northwest of the ancient Armenian Kingdom.

Lesser Armenia ( or Armenia Minor ) was the portion of historic Armenia and the Armenian Highland lying west and northwest of the river Euphrates.

From the twelfth to the sixteenth century, various scholars used to distinguish between Ireland and Scotland by using Scotia Vetus or Scotia Major meaning Old Scotia or the Greater Scotia for Ireland, and Scotia Minor or Lesser Scotia for Scotland.

* Ancient Armenia, independent from 331 BC to 428 АD, known as Greater Armenia ( or " Armenia Major ") to distinguish it from Roman-controlled Lesser Armenia ( or " Armenia Minor ")

Lesser Caucasus ( Georgian: მცირე კავკასიონი, Azeri: Kiçik Qafqaz Dağları, Armenian: Փոքր Կովկաս,, sometimes translated as " Caucasus Minor ") is second of the two main mountain ranges of Caucasus mountains, of length about.

* Felix appeared in opening credits of Futurama episodes " How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back ", " The Lesser of Two Evils " and " War Is the H-Word ".

He appeared in two animated television series as himself: in the Futurama episode " The Lesser of Two Evils " in 2000, followed by the Family Guy episodes " Screwed the Pooch " in 2001, " The Fat Guy Strangler " in 2005, and " Tales of a Third Grade Nothing " in 2008.

The toponym translates as Little or Lesser Rus ’ and is adapted from the Greek term, used in medieval times by patriarchs of Constantinople since the fourteenth century ( it first appeared in church documents in 1335 ).

In the 15th century Jews appeared in many cities in Greater Poland (), Lesser Poland (), Kuyavia ( Kujawy ), Pomerania ( Pomorze ) and Red Ruthenia ( Ruś Czerwona ).

She then appeared in the martial arts film Lesser of Three Evils alongside Ho Sung Pak, Peter Greene and Roger Guenveur Smith, as the unbalanced and alcoholic wife of a corrupt detective.

The Tyrones were a popular Philadelphia rock and roll group of the 1950s run by Tyrone DeNittis and featuring George Lesser that recorded a number of hit songs including " Blast Off " and " I'm Shook " and appeared singing " Blast Off " in the film Let's Rock.

An English translation has appeared in three volumes: I Will Bear Witness ( 1933 to 1941 ), To The Bitter End ( 1942 to 1945 ) and The Lesser Evil ( 1945 to 1959 ).

The Imperial Crown appeared on the National emblems of the Russian Empire — the Great Coat of arms ( Большой государственный герб Российской Империи ), the Medium Coat of Arms ( Средний государственный герб Российской Империи ), and the Lesser Coat of Arms ( Малый государственный герб Российской Империи ) of Imperial Russia.

He has appeared in several feature films, including Who Loves the Sun ( 2006 ), Monster-in-Law ( 2005 ), The Aviator ( 2004 ), Torque ( 2004 ), High Crimes ( 2002 ), Star Trek: First Contact ( 1996 ), and The Lesser Evil ( 1998 ) he also had a small role in Quentin Tarantino's directorial debut Reservoir Dogs.

In Lesser Poland, by July 1241 a pretender to Kraków appeared: Konrad I of Masovia.

In 1980, she appeared on Broadway in Mark Medoff's Children of a Lesser God, at the Longacre Theatre in New York City.

Lesser known Dutch individuals with international credits include Hollywood sound designer Charles Deenen ; Oscar-winning director Marleen Gorris who made a number of international productions including the 1997 adaptation of Mrs Dalloway and currently works on several British productions ; DJ and composer Junkie XL who wrote additional music for Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven and scored the action film DOA: Dead or Alive ; Sylvia Kristel, most famous for her role as Emmanuelle in a series of softcore movies, also appeared in a large number of lesser known American ( TV -) movies, of which The Nude Bomb, a feature film adaptation of the TV-series Get Smart is probably the most notable.

While the majority of the characters featured in the first novels are original to this series, the Vulcan Lieutenant Commander T ' Prynn appeared in two other Star Trek novels — the Lost Era's The Art Of The Impossible by Keith R. A. DeCandido, and Deep Space Nine's Lesser Evil by Robert Simpson ( and was also mentioned in Unity by S. D Perry ).

Other animals found in the relatively open habitats of the high Andes include the huemul, cougar, foxes in the genus Pseudalopex, and, for birds, certain species of tinamous ( notably members of the genus Nothoprocta ), Andean Goose, Giant Coot, flamingos ( mainly associated with hypersaline lakes ), Lesser Rhea, Andean Flicker, Diademed Sandpiper-plover, miners, sierra-finches and diuca-finches.

In the practice of ahimsa, the requirements are less strict for the lay persons who have undertaken anuvrata ( Lesser Vows ) than for the monastics who are bound by the Mahavrata " Great Vows ".

Coarser ikat from the Lesser Sundas was traded for sago from the Kei Islands, Aru and Seram.

Lesser ports include Kribi, used chiefly for the export of wood, and Limbé, used only for palm-oil exports.

Over the course of three more voyages, Columbus visited the Greater and Lesser Antilles, as well as the Caribbean coast of Venezuela and Central America, claiming them for the Spanish Empire.

Lesser taboo terms include " pony and trap " for " crap " ( as in defecate, but often used to denote nonsense or low quality ); to blow a raspberry ( rude sound of derision ) from raspberry tart for " fart "; " D ' Oyly Carte " for " fart "; " Jimmy Riddle " for " piddle " ( as in urinate ), " J. Arthur Rank " ( a film mogul ), or " ham shank " for " wank ", " Bristol Cities " ( contracted to ' Bristols ') for " titties ", etc.

American fallout shelters in the early 1960s were sometimes funded in conjunction with funding for other federal programs, such as urban renewal projects of the Federal Housing Authority, examples being Barrington Plaza, and other development projects of Los Angeles County Civil Defense and Disaster Commissioner, Louis Lesser, and were designed for large numbers of citizens.

Southern border of Lesser Poland goes along the Carpathian Mountains, and with minor changes, it has not changed for centuries.

At the same time, Lesser Poland was divided into two parts, when its eastern part formed the Duchy of Sandomierz, carved by the ruler for his son Henry of Sandomierz.

In addition, allied with the Veleti Bohemia, which at that time possessed Silesia and Lesser Poland regions, constituted a danger for the young state of the Polans.

Some historians suggest that the regions of Sandomierz, Lublin and Czerwień ( western Red Ruthenia ) were indeed annexed by Mieszko's state in the 970s, as lands valuable for trade reasons and as a starting point for a future attack against what was to become Lesser Poland, then in the hands of Bohemia.