A Republic of Nobles

A Republic of Nobles
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Publisher : CUP Archive
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 052124093X
ISBN-13 : 9780521240932
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Book Synopsis A Republic of Nobles by : J. K. Fedorowicz

Download or read book A Republic of Nobles written by J. K. Fedorowicz and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1982-08-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poland continues to be a puzzle for the West, partly because its history remains unfamiliar. Recently, however, the country has produced a number of excellent historians whose work is highly esteemed by specialists but has not yet penetrated to the general reader. The present collection of studies by thirteen of Poland's leading historians will acquaint the layman with the basic issues of Poland's historical evolution, and offer specialists radical reinterpretations of some of those issues. It is intended both as an overview of recent trends in Polish historiography and as a summary of Polish history from its origins to the mid-nineteenth century. Historically, Poland represented the great exception to the emergence of centralized bureaucracy in Europe. The Polish Commonwealth became a fully elective monarchy which extended the franchise and citizenship rights to almost 10 per cent of its population, thereby making the state a unique example of gentry democracy. The nobility played a role in Polish history unlike that of any comparable class everywhere in Europe, and this unique phenomenon serves as a thread unifying the various themes in these studies of a 'republic of nobles.' -- from dust jacket.


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