History of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: state, society, culture
Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Knyga / Book
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
History of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: state, society, culture
Authors:
Publication Data:
Frankfurt am Main [etc.] : Peter Lang, 2015.
Pages:
573 p
Series:
Polish studies – transdisciplinary perspectives; vol. 13
Contents:
Editors’ preface — Introduction — History of a society, not of a nation — The question of nations in the early modern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth — Structure and periodization — The state of research and literature on the subject — Physiognomy of the Commonwealth — Names, emblems, capitals — Geographical position and natural conditions — Federative Commonwealth — Territory — Mastery of space — Borders — Territorial and border changes to the end of the 18th century — Political system and form of government — Political terminology — Legal political orders of mixed government — Institutions of central government — Central offices of the Commonwealth — Local administration — Parliamentary system — Confederation and Rokosz (rebellion) — General Sejmiks and convocations in Lithuania — Sejmiks — Towards a constitutional monarchy — Political system of the 1794 insurrection — Ideas of political system after the loss of independence — Three pillars of power: judiciary, finances, and army — Heritage of the estate monarchy — Codifications and sources of law — The judiciary — Fiscal and financial matters — Military system — The state and the churches — Relations between the state and churches in the early modern Commonwealth — Christian churches in the Commonwealth of the 16th-18th centuries — Evolution of the state policy towards religion, the 16th-18th centuries — Economy — The place of the Commonwealth within European economy — The crisis of the 17th century — Commerce — Transportation — Agriculture — Horticulture and fruit farming — Animal husbandry — Forestry — Fishing industry — Crafts — Industry — Economic changes in the 18th century — Society — Population changes since the end of the 16th century towards the end of the 18th century — Estates of the realm — The nobility — The clergy: estate or estates? — The Burgher estate? — The peasant estate? — Ethnic-legal groups — Groups outside the law —Ethnic and confessional divisions — Multiethnicity and multiculturalism in the cities — Changes in the social structure during the Enlightenment — Peasant reforms in the 18th century — The Enlightenment civic nation — Social bonds and conditions of life — Family and marriage — Social environment — Social bonds in the confessional institutions — Social care — Hygiene and health — Life standard — Housing — Clothes and hairstyle — Culture and ideology — Models of culture — Noble culture and Sarmatism — Urban culture in the Commonwealth of the 16th and the 17th centuries — Popular culture – folk culture — Folklore — Religiousness — The Enlightenment – an ideological and cultural breakthrough — The romantic rehabilitation of Sarmatism — Social communication – education – alphabetization — The system of social communication in the 16th-18th centuries — Languages of communication — Literacy and alphabetization — Education — Catholic education — Protestant education — Orthodox education — Education of the ethnic-legal groups — Studies abroad — Military education. Projects of the school of chivalry in the Commonwealth of the 16th-17th centuries — The reform of education in the 18th century — Art – science – literature — Terminology and -periodization — Mannerism — Baroque — Mature Baroque (1630-1670) — Late Baroque and Rococo (1670-1770) — The era of king Stanislaw August Poniatowski — Conclusions — Glossary of Polish and Latin terms — List of Polish monarchs — Main historical events of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1573-1795 — Bibliography — Studies — Sources — Maps and diagrams — List of Polish geographical names and their English or naturalized counterparts — Index of people — Index of geographical names.
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Reviews:
Recenzija leidinyje
Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas. 2017, vol. 65, no. 4, p. 661-663
Other Editions:
Historia Polski, 1572-1795. Warszawa : Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2008. 1005 p
DOI:
10.3726/978-3-653-05491-0
ISBN:
9783631629772; 9783653054910 (elektroninis); 9788301155926
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