He consolidated his power by all possible methods, not avoiding intrigue, perjury, betrayal and violence. In addition, he was probably illiterate and not necessarily a pagan, and we see him as one of the most outstanding rulers. And rightly so! In this podcast of the Polish History Museum "1000 years. X-ray" we will talk about Władysław Jagiełło - a ruler exceptional in many respects. We will examine his life and actions from the time before he became the king of Poland. Two more podcasts devoted to Jagiełło will appear soon. How dark was his past? What was behind the bloody family scores? Why did this greatest enemy of the Teutonic Knights, who finally broke their power, previously collude with them, even against his family, and officially agree to their plundering of Lithuanian lands? Was he really a pagan? We will also take a look at a state that was unjustifiably considered barbaric, and backward, and only because it was pagan. Which was not entirely true! Łukasz Starowieyski will talk about the extremely turbulent life of Władysław Jagiełło in the podcast from the series "1000 Years. X-Ray". His guest is Dr. Tomasz Borowski from the Polish History Museum. Chapters: 00:00 Jagiełło. The beginning 01:40 A drawn face, a coherent body 04:23 A pagan in a wild country 17:29 Agreements and betrayals 32:16 One step from fall We invite you to listen to other podcasts of the Polish History Museum: 1. Vouchers in the Polish People's Republic. An economy of shortage- • Vouchers in the Polish People's Republic. An economy of shortage 2. The Great War of the Polish Republic with the Ottoman Empire - • The Great War of the Polish Republic with the... 3. Myths about Casimir the Great - • Myths about Casimir the Great. Ł... Our podcasts are stories about outstanding figures from centuries ago and the backstage of key events in the history of our country, interwoven with lesser-known, yet fascinating threads from the history of Poland. You can listen to the podcast of the Polish History Museum on: ● YouTube • Podcasts of the Polish History Museum ● Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1p3AH9O... ● Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... ● Audioteka https://web.audioteka.com/pl/podcast/... ● and also on other podcast platforms. We invite you to subscribe to our profiles. Co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. The podcast was created as part of the task: continuation and expansion of the multimedia information and educational project - Portal Historyczny Dzieje.pl