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This book makes a contribution to ongoing European research into
the political discourse of the early modern era, analyzing the
political discourse of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
(1569-1795). The sources comprise the broadly understood political
literature from the end of the sixteenth century until the end of
the eighteenth century. The author has selected and analysed
concepts and ideas that are particularly important for the noble
political discourse, with the aim of understanding what these
concepts meant for the participants in public debate, who used
them, how they explained and described the world, how they allowed
for the formulation of political postulates and ideals, whether
their meaning changed over time, and if so, then to what extent and
under what influences. The author's research focuses not only on
the understanding of the concepts that functioned in the period
under study but also on their use as instruments in the political
struggle. The book is addressed to readers from the academic milieu
- students and researchers - but is likewise accessible to less
prepared readers interested in the history of political language
and concepts as well as the history of political thought.
This book makes a contribution to ongoing European research into
the political discourse of the early modern era, analyzing the
political discourse of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
(1569-1795). The sources comprise the broadly understood political
literature from the end of the sixteenth century until the end of
the eighteenth century. The author has selected and analysed
concepts and ideas that are particularly important for the noble
political discourse, with the aim of understanding what these
concepts meant for the participants in public debate, who used
them, how they explained and described the world, how they allowed
for the formulation of political postulates and ideals, whether
their meaning changed over time, and if so, then to what extent and
under what influences. The author's research focuses not only on
the understanding of the concepts that functioned in the period
under study but also on their use as instruments in the political
struggle. The book is addressed to readers from the academic milieu
- students and researchers - but is likewise accessible to less
prepared readers interested in the history of political language
and concepts as well as the history of political thought.
JA(3)zef Boruwlaski was the most famous dwarf of the Enlightenment
age. Polish-born, he travelled extensively throughout Europe,
appearing and performing at royal courts and salons, before
settling in Durham in his later life until his death at the age of
97. He was described in Diderot's Encyclopedie and the press of his
day - both on the continent and in the UK - sustained an interest
in him and kept tabs on his life and experiences. His memoirs,
published in a bilingual (French and English) version in 1788, show
him to have been an intelligent and sharp observer of the world he
inhabited. The life story of this miniature gentleman is not only
highly interesting in its own right, but also offers a new
perspective on the culture of the Enlightenment. Through a
meticulous survey of source materials in Poland, France, and the
United Kingdom, the author has managed to unearth and reconstruct
many heretofore unknown details about Boruwlaski's life and
adventures, about his travels first on the continent and then in
the United Kingdom. It is not typical biography, but rather an
attempt at identifying certain social roles that were imposed upon
Boruwlaski: a plaything of the salons, a source of entertainment
for the masses, an adventurist against his own wishes. At the same
time, his story is that of a man who spent his whole life trying to
escape from such roles imposed upon him. Boruwlaski's memoirs are
included in full, containing many of the letters he sent to his
wife, with critical annotation. The author also investigates for
the first time the sizeable differences between the many different
versions of the memoirs published during his own lifetime. This
monograph offers not only an opportunity to rediscover the
fascinating life story of an intriguing man, but also gives a
unique point of view on Europe's uppermost elite in the
Enlightenment age - as people who remained deeply fascinated with
deformities and oddities despite their own self-professed 'refined'
tastes.
JA(3)zef Boruwlaski was the most famous dwarf of the Enlightenment
age. Polish-born, he travelled extensively throughout Europe,
appearing and performing at royal courts and salons, before
settling in Durham in his later life until his death at the age of
97. He was described in Diderot's Encyclopedie and the press of his
day - both on the continent and in the UK - sustained an interest
in him and kept tabs on his life and experiences. His memoirs,
published in a bilingual (French and English) version in 1788, show
him to have been an intelligent and sharp observer of the world he
inhabited. The life story of this miniature gentleman is not only
highly interesting in its own right, but also offers a new
perspective on the culture of the Enlightenment. Through a
meticulous survey of source materials in Poland, France, and the
United Kingdom, the author has managed to unearth and reconstruct
many heretofore unknown details about Boruwlaski's life and
adventures, about his travels first on the continent and then in
the United Kingdom. It is not typical biography, but rather an
attempt at identifying certain social roles that were imposed upon
Boruwlaski: a plaything of the salons, a source of entertainment
for the masses, an adventurist against his own wishes. At the same
time, his story is that of a man who spent his whole life trying to
escape from such roles imposed upon him. Boruwlaski's memoirs are
included in full, containing many of the letters he sent to his
wife, with critical annotation. The author also investigates for
the first time the sizeable differences between the many different
versions of the memoirs published during his own lifetime. This
monograph offers not only an opportunity to rediscover the
fascinating life story of an intriguing man, but also gives a
unique point of view on Europe's uppermost elite in the
Enlightenment age - as people who remained deeply fascinated with
deformities and oddities despite their own self-professed 'refined'
tastes.
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