Poland’s last king and English culture : Stanisław August Poniatowski, 1732-1798

Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Knyga / Book
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Poland’s last king and English culture: Stanisław August Poniatowski, 1732-1798
Authors:
Butterwick, Richard
Publication Data:
Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2008.
Pages:
xix, 376 p
Series:
Oxford historical monographs
Notes:
Bibliografija ir rodyklė.
Contents:
List of Illustrations — A Note on Pronunciation — Glossary — Abbreviations — Genealogical Table — Map — Introduction — Sarmatia and England — The Enlightenment and England — The Education of an Enlightened Anglophile — The Influence of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams — Stanislaw's Visit to England in 1754 — The Contacts of Stanislaw and his Circle with the English World after 1754 — The English Constitution and the First Efforts to Reform the Commonwealth (1763-1768) — Stanislaw August and English Literature — Stanislaw August and English Art — Sapere Aude — 'Less Showy Means': From the Confederacy of Bar to the Four Year Seym — The Influence of the English Constitution on the Constitution of 3 May 1791 — Conclusion — Bibliography Index.
Subject Category:
LT
Konstitucinė teisė. Konstitucija / Constitutional law. Constitution; Švietimo epocha / Enlightenment; Stanislovas Augustas Poniatovskis (Stanisław August Poniatowski); 1569-1795. Lietuva ATR laikotarpiu; Austrija (Austria); Lenkija (Poland); Lietuva (Lithuania); Rusija (Russia).
Summary / Abstract:

LTThe attempt by Stanislaw August Poniatowski (1764-95) 'to create anew the Polish world' was one of the most audacious enterprises of reform undertaken by any enlightened monarch in the eighteenth century. None started in less promising circumstances. Politically the King was trapped between aRussian protectorate and a nobility wedded to its anarchic liberty. The beginnings of the Polish Enlightenment had yet to make more than ripples on the stagnant waters of Polish culture. Yet by 1791, Poland-Lithuania had made a huge cultural advance, and had given herself a constitution admiredacross Europe. Tragically for Poland, her neighbours then destroyed much of these achievements and partitioned the country out of existence. Stanislaw August died in exile, cursed by most of his compatriots to this day. In Poland's Last King', Richard Butterwick reassesses the achievement of Poland's last and most controversial king. He shows how Stanislaw's radical plans for reform of Poland's constitution and culture were profoundly influenced by his love of England, and examines the successes and limitations ofthe Polish Enlightenment.Reikšminiai žodžiai: Konstitucija, 1791; Abiejų Tautų Respublika (ATR; Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów; Žečpospolita; Sandrauga; Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth); Anglija; Anglijos kultūra; Anglofilija; Anglų kultūra; Apšvieta; Austrija (Austria); Gegužės 3 konstitucija; Karalius; Lenkija (Lenkijos karalystė. Kingdom of Poland. Poland); Abiejų Tautų Respublika (ATR; Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów; Žečpospolita; Sandrauga; Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth); Prūsija; Stanislovas Augustas Poniatovskis (Stanisław August Poniatowski); Valstybės reformos; 18 amžius; Anglophilia; Constitution of 3 May; Constitution of May 3, 1971; England; English culture; Enlightenment; King; Polish and Lithuanian Commonwealth; Prussia; Stanislaw August Poniatowski; State Reforms; XVIII c. history; Rusija (Russia).

ISBN:
9780198207016
Subject:
Istorija / History
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