Editing Pomerania (section)

===Renaissance (circa 1400–1700) to Early Modern Age===
{{main article|Pomerania during the High Middle Ages|Pomerania during the Late Middle Ages|Pomerania during the Early Modern Age}}
[[File:RON województwo pomorskie map.svg|thumb|Location of the [[Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466–1772)|Pomeranian Voivodeship]] within the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]]]]
In 1466, with the [[Teutonic Order]]'s defeat in the [[Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466)|Thirteen Years' War]], Pomerelia became again part of the [[Polish Crown]] and formed the [[Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466–1772)|Pomeranian Voivodeship]] within the provinces of [[Royal Prussia]] and [[Greater Poland Province, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Greater Poland]].<ref>Werner Buchholz, ''Pommern'', Siedler, 1999, p. 186, {{ISBN|3-88680-272-8}}</ref> While the German population in the Duchy of Pomerania adopted the [[Protestant reformation]] in 1534,<ref name="Buchholz pp.205-220">Werner Buchholz, ''Pommern'', Siedler, 1999, pp. 205–212, {{ISBN|3-88680-272-8}}</ref><ref>Richard du Moulin Eckart, ''Geschichte der deutschen Universitäten'', Georg Olms Verlag, 1976, pp.111, 112, {{ISBN|3-487-06078-7}}</ref><ref name="Realenzyklopädie, p.43ff">Gerhard Krause, Horst Robert Balz, Gerhard Müller, ''Theologische Realenzyklopädie'', Walter de Gruyter, 1997, pp.43ff, {{ISBN|3-11-015435-8}}</ref> the Polish (along with [[Kashubians|Kashubian]]) population remained with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. The [[Thirty Years' War]] severely ravaged and depopulated narrow Pomerania; few years later this same happened to Pomerelia (''the [[Deluge (history)|Deluge]]'').<ref>Werner Buchholz, '"Pommern'', Siedler, 1999, pp. 263, 332, 341–343, 352–354, {{ISBN|3-88680-272-8}}</ref> With the extinction of the [[House of Griffin|Griffin house]] during the same period, the [[Treaty of Stettin (1653)|Duchy of Pomerania was divided]] between the [[Swedish Empire]] and [[Brandenburg-Prussia]] [[Peace of Westphalia|in 1648]], while Pomerelia remained in with the Kingdom of Poland. In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, [[French people|French]] [[Huguenot]] communes were established in [[Gdańsk]], [[Stargard]], [[Prenzlau]], [[Schwedt]], [[Kołobrzeg]], [[Pasewalk]] and [[Szczecin]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Muret|first=Eduard|title=Geschichte der Französischen Kolonie in Brandenburg-Preußen, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Berliner Gemeinde. Aus Veranlassung der Zweihundertjährigen Jubelfeier am 29. Oktober 1885|year=1885|location=Berlin|language=de|pages=208–209, 211, 256, 259, 266, 269}}</ref>