Polish democratic thought from the Renaissance to the great emigration
Subtitle: essays and documents
By: edited with an introduction by M.B. Biskupski & James S. Pula.
Contributors: Biskupski, Mieczysław B.; Pula, James S., 1946-
Series: East European monographs ;; no. 289
Publisher: East European Monographs; Distributed by Columbia University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: [Boulder, Colo.]; [New York]
Language: eng; lat; pol
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Political science -- Poland -- History.; Political science -- Poland -- History -- Sources.; Democracy -- History -- Sources.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-245) and index
Documents in pt. 2 are English translations accompanied by the original texts in Latin and Polish.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Essays. Introduction. The sixteenth century roots of the Polish democratic tradition / by James Miller. "Liberty without licence?" : the failure of Polish democratic thought in the seventeenth century / by Robert I. Frost. Democratic thought in eighteenth century Poland / by Daniel Z. Stone. Polish szlachta democracy at the crossroads, 1795-1831 / by Joan S. Skurnowicz. Frataernal politics : Polish and European readicalism during the Great Emigratio / by Kenneth F. Lewalski; title: Pt. 2. Documents. Nihil novi. Warsaw Confederation. Henrician Article (Pacta Conventa) A.M. Fredro's defense of the Liberum Veto. Constitution of May 3, 1791. Połaniec manifesto. Manifesto of the Polish Democratic Society.