Queen Liberty: The Concept of Freedom in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

This book traces the history of an idea of freedom in political thought in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from its emergence following the Union of Lublin in 1569 to its collapse in 1795.

About the author

Anna Grześkowiak-Krwawicz, Ph.D. (1986) Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of History, is professor at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies "Artes Liberales" of Warsaw University, and head of the Enlightenment Literature Department, Institute of Literary Research, Polish Academy of Sciences. She is the author of monographs, source editions and many articles, a number of them dealing with political ideas and discourse in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Product details

• Authors: Grze&, Anna Grze&347;kowiak-Krwawicz
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.08.2012
• EAN: 9789004231214
• ISBN: 978-90-04-23121-4
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 238 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 259 g
• Series: Studies in Central European Hi
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries