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Encyclopædia Historia Sauromatica
The collection of historical surveys, essays, archaeological records, primary source texts- and in some cases depending upon edition (more specifically, the current political regime), philosophy, political science and theology- known as the Encyclopædia Historia Sauromatica is one of the most illustrious and revered national works of Greater Sarmatia.
The history of the Encyclopedia of Sarmatian History dates back to the twilight of the Golden Age of Międzymorze, when the Reverend Deacon, Doctor Hieronim Sobieski (b. Listopad (November) 3rd, 1719; d. Grudzień (December) 28th 1808 ), illegitimate- but acknowledged son of Książę Mieszko Sobieski, the Marshal of the Royal Army of the Kingdom of Międzymorze (c. 1727-1759).
Hieronim Sobieski had originally been intended to serve as a foreign economic factor for his father, but his conduct and achievements in the Royal Gymnasium attracted the attention of the Royal Primate, Kajetan I Stary (Kajetan the First, Kajetan the Old). With a bit of convincing, Mieszko gave his ascent to allow Hieronim to become a Pasterz of the Royal Sarmatian Episcopal Reformed Church. He very quickly gained his doctorate, in Church History (with a second, and a third doctorate in Sarmatian History, and Central European History respectively) and was given a position in the faculty of History at the Royal University of Stary Hrodino in 1764.
Hieronim continued in this vein for four years, eventually marrying the daughter of a wealthy merchant from the north. His lectures and brief pamphlets on the "most significant moments in the histories of the Sarmatian, Khazar, and Łendic peoples" gained him fame and respect throughout the Kingdom. At the suggestion of the Chancellor of the University, Hieronim began to compile his work(s)- and the documents that he had worked from- into cohesive volumes that echoe the style of the other great encyclopedias of the time.
By the early winter months of 1768, the first edition of the Encyclopædia Historia Sauromatica went to the printing presses, with editions available in Sarmatian, Tyskerdeutch, Latin, Français and later English. It was immediately hailed as one of the seminal works of Sarmatian literature from that period, and actually overtook The Sarmatian Bible in terms of the volume of material printed, with the totality of the Encyclopædia Historia Sauromatica divided into 12 individually massive volumes.
The next edition of the Encyclopedia went into print in 1798, in the ignorant years before the First Great Oriental War, which would, by virtue of the absolutely destructive nature of Lan Yu's campaign in and through Stary Hrodino in 1806 be the last edition released until 1829, by the reinstituted School of History of the Royal University.
Subsequent editions have followed, with relatively few modifications- as a policy of simply maintaining outdated, obsolete, or completely incorrect material, with notations indicating the false nature of the information, as well as including any new, and verifiable information was instituted in 1925. The most recent volume of the Encyclopædia Historia Sauromatica is being completed- with the first nineteen volumes already in print, and the twentieth and twenty-first volumes- covering the last years of the Most Serene Commonwealth of Both Nations, the Mniszech Revolution, and the Dawn of the Imperial Era are to be released in 2011.