Polish democratic thought from the Renaissance to the great emigration : essays and documents / edited with an introduction by M.B. Biskupski & James S. Pula.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
[Boulder, Colo.] : East European Monographs ; [New York] : Distributed by Columbia University Press, 1990.
Description
x, 252 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

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Series
East European monographs ; no. 289. [More in this series]
Notes
Documents in pt. 2 are English translations accompanied by the original texts in Latin and Polish.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-245) and index
Contents
  • Pt. 1. Essays. Introduction. The sixteenth century roots of the Polish democratic tradition / by James Miller. "Liberty without licence?" : the failure of Polish democratic thought in the seventeenth century / by Robert I. Frost. Democratic thought in eighteenth century Poland / by Daniel Z. Stone. Polish szlachta democracy at the crossroads, 1795-1831 / by Joan S. Skurnowicz. Frataernal politics : Polish and European readicalism during the Great Emigratio / by Kenneth F. Lewalski
  • Pt. 2. Documents. Nihil novi. Warsaw Confederation. Henrician Article (Pacta Conventa) A.M. Fredro's defense of the Liberum Veto. Constitution of May 3, 1791. Połaniec manifesto. Manifesto of the Polish Democratic Society.
LCCN
90081157
OCLC
22543692
RCP
C - O
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