Customs and Culture in Poland under the Last Saxon King Selections from Opis obyczajów za panowania Augusta III by father Jędrzej Kitowicz, 1728-1804 / translated, with a preface and running commentary by Oscar E. Swan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kitowicz, Jędrzej, author.

Contributor:

Swan, Oscar E., translator, writer of preface, writer of added commentary.

Standardized Title:

Opis obyczajów i zwyczajów za panowania Augusta III. English

Language:

English

Polish

Subjects (All):

Poland--Social life and customs--To 1795.

Poland.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 pages)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019

Place of Publication:

New York : Central European University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"Jedrzej Kitowicz was a parish priest in central Poland with a military and worldly past. In his later years, after putting the affairs of his parish in order, he composed a colorful chronicle of all aspects and walks of life under King August III. He seems to have written mostly from memory, creating in the process the most complete record that exists of society in eighteenth-century Poland. A man with omnivorous tastes, a keen sense of observation, and a wry--at times bawdy--sense of humor, Kitowicz's realistic and robust literary technique has been compared in its earthiness and evocativeness to Flemish genre painting. A noteworthy example of eighteenth-century writing and narrative talent, his Opis reveals an astounding visual memory and a modern ethnographer's eye for material culture. The present book consists of fifty-one chapters, including all of the most celebrated ones, from Father Kitowicz's Opis, complete with a comprehensive introduction. Topics include religious beliefs, customs and institutions, child-rearing, education, the judiciary and the military. Particularly vivid are the descriptions of the lives of the nobility, ranging from cooking through men's and women's wear to household entertainments and drinking habits. A commentary by the editor introduces each chapter"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Religious denominations in Poland

On piety

The hospital of the baby Jesus

The maiden canonesses

On manger scenes

Floral sunday

Ash Wednesday: dark matins

The passion service and the flagellants

Easter processions and the entombment ceremony

The resurrection ceremony and Corpus Christi procession

Easter Monday and St. John's Eve

Child-rearing

The education of children past the age of seven

Public schools

On student privileges

How Dabrowski lost his head

On the Sejms

Eating and drinking at the Sejmiks vetting delegates

The marshal's courts

On torture

The crown tribunals

The singlesticks circle

Deputival honors and parades

The conclusion of the tribunals

The Radom Commission

The Crown Foot Guard

The company circle

The company deputation for tax collection

The march of the hussar and armored companies

Foreign-style regiments

The hetmans

The sich and the haidamaks

On orders

Old-fashioned cookery

New-fashioned cookery

Noble tables and banquets

On the potato

Of beds and bedding

On noble palaces and homes

On costume or dress

Women's wear

Of snuff and snuff boxes

Of bags and watches, rings and pins

Household entertainments

Of carnivals and kuligs

Masked balls

Of drinks and drinking

On the more famous drunkards

Of carriages and conveyances

Public convocations

On peasant customs.

Notes:

Translation of: Opis obyczajów i zwyczajów za panowania Augusta III.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-71904-X

963-386-276-0

9781003719045

OCLC:

1102328806