| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 349 pages) : map |
| Series |
Continuum studies in Central and East European history |
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Continuum studies in Eastern European history.
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Civilization, Modern -- 18th century.
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HISTORY.
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Civilization.
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Civilization, Modern.
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Poland -- Civilization -- To 1795.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85103989
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Poland -- Politics and government -- 1572-1763. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85104113
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Poland -- Politics and government -- 1796-1918. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85104115
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| Subject |
Poland.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441145802 |
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144114580X |
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