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Polish Republican Discourse in the Sixteenth Century

Dorota Pietrzyk-Reeves author Teresa Bałuk-Ulewiczowa translator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:9th Apr '20

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A landmark study of republican discourse in sixteenth-century Poland-Lithuania and its original contribution to early modern republicanism.

This landmark study provides conceptual and contextual analysis of political literature and debate in sixteenth-century Poland-Lithuania and its contribution to early modern republicanism. It demonstrates the republican character of Polish discourse and the originality of Polish concepts such as the relationship between law, liberty and virtue.Exploring republican ideas and concepts that developed in sixteenth-century Poland under the impact of humanism and the Renaissance, as well as political and constitutional changes, this is a landmark study of republican discourse in sixteenth-century Poland-Lithuania. It provides a conceptual and contextual analysis of the rich political literature and debate which animated intellectual life and political reasoning during the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and effectively demonstrates its republican character. Using a comparative perspective, Dorota Pietrzyk-Reeves situates the Polish republican discourse within both the classical and early modern republican traditions, bringing together contexts and ideas that have traditionally been overlooked by scholars of early modern Europe. In addition, she also underlines the originality of Polish concepts such as the relationship between law, liberty and virtue as key elements of a well-ordered commonwealth and the vision of a mixed res publica that had a monarchical character. This book is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in European intellectual history and the early modern republican tradition.

'Polish Republican Discourse in the Sixteenth Century will be read with interest by students and scholars of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, as well as historians of early modern political theory.' Tomasz Grusiecki, Comptes Rendus

ISBN: 9781108493239

Dimensions: 235mm x 158mm x 20mm

Weight: 530g

292 pages