The Polish-Lithuanian Monarchy in European Context, C.1500-1795

by R. Butterwick

Overview

The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is often considered an 'aberration' where monarchy was reduced by the nobility to impotence, and which was consequently partitioned. However, historians' reappraisal of monarchy in early modern Europe calls for a reconsideration of the extent of Polish-Lithuanian 'divergence'. The essays of this collection assess the institution and idea of monarchy in one of Europe's largest and most neglected states. It will appeal to all those interested in early modern history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349416189
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2001
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
Pages:	249
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

ALMUT BUES Deputy Director, German Historical Institute, Warsaw, ROBERT J.W. EVANS Regius Professor, Modern History, University of Oxford and Fellow of Oriel College, JURATÉ KIAUPIENÉ Senior Research Officer, Institute of Lithuanian History in Vilnius and Senior Lecturer (Dozent), Lithuanian and European History, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, JERZY LUKOWSKI Senior Lecturer, Modern History, University of Birmingham, MARIUSZ MARKIEWICZ Associate Professor, Modern European History, Jagiellonian University, Cracow

Table of Contents

Preface Notes on the Contributors Pronunciation Guide Maps Gazetteer Glossary Chronology of Polish-Lithuanian Monarchs Genealogical Table Introduction; R.Butterwick The Polish-Lithuanian Monarchy in International Context; R.J.W.Evans The Development of Monarchies in Western Europe, c.1500-1800; I.Green The Formation of the Polish-Lithuanian Monarchy in the Sixteenth Century; A.Bues The Grand Dukes and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Sixteenth Century: Reflections on the Lithuanian Political Nation and the Union of Lublin; J.Kiaupiene Nobles, Burghers and the Monarchy in Poland-Lithuania: The Case of Royal Prussia, 1545-1772/932; K.Friedrich Polish Views on European Monarchies; A.Grzeskowiak-Krwawicz The Szlachta and the Monarchy: Reflections on the Struggle inter maiestatem ac libertatem ; J.Lukowski Obsequious Disrespect: The Problem of Royal Power in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Under the Vasas, 1587-1668; R.I.Frost The Functioning of the Monarchy During the Reigns of the Electors of Saxony, 1697-1763; M.Markiewicz The Enlightened Monarchy of Stanislaw August Poniatowski, 1764-1795; R.Butterwick A Guide to Further Reading Index

Editorial Reviews

'...accessible to the general reader...a rich and readable volume of scholarship...' - Robert E. Jones, International History Review

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