1st Edition
The Political Discourse of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Concepts and Ideas
By Anna Grześkowiak-Krwawicz
Copyright 2021
276 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book makes a contribution to ongoing European research into the political discourse of the early modern era, analyzing the political discourse of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795). The sources comprise the broadly understood political literature from the end of the sixteenth century until the end of the eighteenth century. The author has selected and analysed concepts and ideas... Read more
Introduction
Remarks from the Translator
Daniel Sax
1. Rzeczpospolita – The Commonwealth
2. Prawo – The Law
3. Wolność – Freedom
4. From Forma Mixta to the Separation of Powers
5. Zgoda – Concord
6. Cnota – Virtue as Advice for the Commonwealth
7. Amor Patriae – Patriotism
8. The Perceived Superiority of the "Old Ways": Dawny – Age-Old
9. In Conclusion, What Concepts Were Absent? Property
Biography
Anna Grześkowiak-Krwawicz is Professor and Head of the Enlightenment Literature Department at the Institute for Literary Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, and President of the Polish Society for Eighteenth Century Studies.
