Disorderly liberty : the political culture of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the eighteenth century / Jerzy Lukowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lukowski, Jerzy.

Series:

Continuum studies in Eastern European history.

Continuum studies in Central and East European history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lithuania--Politics and government--18th century.

Lithuania.

Poland--Politics and government--18th century.

Poland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-327) and index.

ISBN:

9786612770920

9781282770928

1282770926

9781441145802

144114580X

OCLC:

667290842