| The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1733-1795: Light and Flame Contributor(s): Butterwick, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 030025220X ISBN-13: 9780300252200 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Poland - History | Europe - Baltic States - History | Modern - 18th Century |
| LCCN: 2020942540 |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (2.25 lbs) 512 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A major new assessment of the "vanished kingdom" of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth--one which recognizes its achievements before its destruction Richard 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. |