1. Sarmatia and England -- 2. The Enlightenment and England -- 3. The Education of an Enlightened Anglophile -- 4. The Influence of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams -- 5. Stanislaw's Visit to England in 1754 -- 6. The Contacts of Stanislaw and his Circle with the English World after 1754 -- 7. The English Constitution and the First Efforts to Reform the Commonwealth (1763-1768) -- 8. Stanislaw August and English Literature -- 9. Stanislaw August and English Art -- 10. Sapere Aude -- 11. 'Less Showy Means': From the Confederacy of Bar to the Four Year Seym -- 12. The Influence of the English Constitution on the Constitution of 3 May 1791
Summary
The attempt by Stanislaw August Poniatowski (1764-95) 'to create anew the Polish world' was one of the most audacious enterprises of reform undertaken in the 18th century. With new perspectives on the successes and limitations of the Polish Enlightenment this book presents a dynamic interpretation of European culture in the eighteenth century
