The Duchy of Warsaw, 1807-1815
Subtitle: a Napoleonic outpost in Central Europe
By: Jaroslaw Czubaty ; translated by Ursula Phillips
Contributors: Phillips, Ursula, translator
Series: Bloomsbury studies in Central and East Europe
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2016
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781472523570; 9781472524140; 9781472521965
Subjects: Poland. Armia; Relations with Poles; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; Polish Participation; HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century; Poland; Influence; HISTORY / Europe / General; History
Work titles: Ksiestwa Warszawskiego (1807-1815)
Description: "The Duchy of Warsaw, 1807-1815 is the first academic history of the state established by Napoleon in pre-partitioned Poland at the turn of the 19th century. The book examines the political, social and cultural dynamics of the Duchy and considers its role in Napoleon's wider empire and the politics he engaged in across the European continent during the period. Czubaty explores the history of the Duchy to reveal how political and social ideas, systems and mechanisms from France, Italy and Germany began permeating Central Eastern Europe at this time and goes on to consider how this impacted on the changing political mentalities of the Polish people"--
Notes: "First published in Polish in 2011 as Ksiestwa Warszawskiego (1807-1815) by Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa."

"Published by arrangement with University of Warsaw Press."
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Prologue; title: 'Deliverer' or 'conqueror' : Napoleon and the Poles during the 'First Polish War' 1806-1807; title: 'A wise and liberal constitution has replaced anarchy...'; title: Between disappointment and hope 1807-1809; title: 1809 : War on the periphery; title: 'Sobieski's heirs' : the Polish Army of the Duchy of Warsaw; title: 'Money!' or the foundations of 'national prosperity'; title: Tradition and change in the social life of the Duchy of Warsaw; title: New forms and old mentality in political life; title: 1812-1815 : 'We will have no choice here...'; title: Epilogue.