History of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: State - Society - Culture - Editorial work by Iwo Hryniewicz - Translated by Grazyna Waluga (Chapters I-V) and Dorota Sobstel (Chapters VI-X)

by Urszula Augustyniak, Krzysztof Zajas (Editor), Jaroslaw Fazan (Editor), Iwo Hryniewicz

Overview

The book presents an outline of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from the 16^th to the 18^th century and offers a view of the realities of political life, organization of the judiciary, the economy, coexistence of different ethnic groups and religions, high and popular culture and achievements of art. While the federal character of the state and multicultural society is often overlooked in the synthesis of this period, the creation of civil society in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the cultural heritage was the joint achievement of its residents, regardless of their state and ethnic divisions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783631629772
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	10/08/2015
Series:	Polish Studies - Transdisciplinary Perspectives , #13
Pages:	574
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Urszula Augustyniak is Professor at the Department of Modern History at the University of Warsaw, where she is head of the team Old Polish Cultural History.

Table of Contents

Contents: Physiognomy of the Commonwealth – Political System and Form of Government – Judiciary - Finances - Army – State and Churches – Economy – Society – Social ties and conditions of life – Culture and Ideology – Social communication - Education - Alphabetization – Arts and Science – Literature.

Preface

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