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The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1733-1795
Richard Butterwick
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Overview
A major new assessment of the "vanished kingdom" of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth--one which recognizes its achievements before its destructionRichard Butterwick tells the compelling story of the last decades of one of Europe's largest and least understood polities: the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Drawing on the latest research, Butterwick vividly portrays the turbulence the Commonwealth experienced. Far from seeing it as a failed state, he shows the ways in which it overcame the stranglehold of Russia and briefly regained its sovereignty, the crowning success of which took place on 3 May 1791--the passing of the first Constitution of modern Europe.
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- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Published
- 2021-01-05
- Pages
- 512
- Language
- EN
- Categories
- History / Europe / Poland, History / Europe / Baltic States, History / Modern / 18th Century
- ISBN-13
- 9780300252200