Italians in Early Modern Poland - Translated by Katarzyna Popowicz

The book provides a panorama of Italian migrants' activities in Polish economy, political life and, above all, culture. The motivations of Italians who decided to travel to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and quite often settled there permanently, the reasons which made this migration possible and approved by the Polish and Lithuanian hosts are described in detail. Various categories of Italian migrants are considered as well as the potential and growing difficulties in their adaptation. These premises serve as proof of social and cultural distances between the Italians and the Poles and underline the tensions between the Italians' cultural background and the one which they had to cope with. The hypothesis of the lost historical opportunity made possible by numerous arrivals of migrants from more culturally advanced areas is highlighted through the debate on the efficiency of Italian influences upon Polish-Lithuanian realities, and by the catalogue of the causes which effectively hindered Italian impulse for modernity.

List of contents

Contents: History - Early Modern Europe - Italy - Poland-Lithuania - Relations - Italians - Travelers - Italian influences - Culture - Civilization - Modernity.

About the author

Wojciech Tygielski is a professor of Early Modern European History at the University of Warsaw. His field of study includes social and cultural history, Polish-Italian relations and history of papal diplomacy. Currently he works on the early modern European travel reports and their impact on cultural and social changes across the continent.

Report

«This book proves to be extremely useful not only for readers versed in Polish history, but also for specialists in other fields. It represents therefore an important achievement for the popularization of Polish culture and history abroad and should be warmly welcomed by the scientific community.»
(Andrea Mariani, sehepunkte 17 (2017), Nr. 5)

Product details

• Authors: Wojciech Tygielski
• Assisted by: Krzysztof Zajas (Editor), Katarzyna Popowicz (Translation)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9783631641347
• ISBN: 978-3-631-64134-7
• No. of pages: 540
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 39 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 810 g
• Series: Polish Studies - Transdisciplinary Perspectives; Polish Studies - Transdisciplinary Perspectives; Polish Studies ¿ Transdisciplinary Perspectives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Siebzehntes Jahrhundert, Sozialgeschichte, Tradition, Italien, Überlieferung, Polen, 17. Jahrhundert (1600 bis 1699 n. Chr.), Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, zweite Hälfte 18. Jahrhundert (1750 bis 1799 n. Chr.), Europäische Geschichte, Kunst, allgemein, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Mündlich überlieferte Geschichte, Oral History, Medienwissenschaften, Geschichte / Sozialgeschichte, Europa / Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte