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)

The book presents an outline of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from the 16th to the 18th 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.

List 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.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Urszula Augustyniak
• Assisted by: Jaroslaw Fazan (Editor), Krzysztof Zajas (Editor), Dorota Sobstel (Translation), Grazyna Waluga (Translation)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9783631629772
• ISBN: 978-3-631-62977-2
• No. of pages: 574
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 42 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 810 g
• Series: Polish Studies - Transdisciplinary Perspectives; Polish Studies - Transdisciplinary Perspectives; Polish Studies ¿ Transdisciplinary Perspectives
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries