Disorderly liberty [[electronic resource] ] : the political culture of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the eighteenth century / / Jerzy Lukowski
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Lukowski Jerzy
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| Titolo: |
Disorderly liberty [[electronic resource] ] : the political culture of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the eighteenth century / / Jerzy Lukowski
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 943.802 |
| Soggetto geografico: | Lithuania Politics and government 18th century |
| Poland Politics and government 18th century | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-327) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; A note on Polish pronunciation; 1 The Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania: an introductory survey; 2 Ancestral legacies; 3 The search for harmony; 4 Keeping the faith; 5 Towards successful counsels; 6 Confrontations with the Enlightenment: Felix Czacki and the Monitor, 1765, and the Zamoyski law code, 1780; 7 Foreign aid; 8 Marking time; 9 Ferment; 10 Judaica; 11 Towards new Utopias; Epilogue; Appendix: The Constitution of 3 May 1791; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | During the eighteenth century Europe's republics may have been an integral part of the international scene, but they were marginalised or in decline. When, in 1772, the Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania suffered a massive loss of territory to its three more powerful neighbours, Russia, Prussia and Austria, Edmund Burke's question 'Poland was but a breakfast ... where will they dine?' was asked across the continent's lesser states, republics and non-republics alike. The slow, almost inevitable, process of Poland's digestion may have contributed to the relative ease with which that process was acce |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Disorderly liberty |
| ISBN: | 1-282-77092-6 |
| 9786612770920 | |
| 1-4411-4580-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910458860103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Continuum studies in Eastern European history.