History of Russia in the Polish literature during the times of King Stanisław. Part I: To the First Partition (1772)
Journal Title: Z Badań nad Książką i Księgozbiorami Historycznymi - Year 2015, Vol 9, Issue
Abstract
The author undertakes to characterise the image of Russia in the Polish literature of the era of King Stanisław Poniatowski (including editorial projects, which actually never came to fruition). The article brings the story to the First Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1772). Interest in the history of the mighty neighbour, who markedly infl uenced the course of political events in the Commonwealth, can be noticed as early as during the reign of King Augustus III. It accompanied the tendency to widen the scope of the view of the surrounding world brought in by the erudite historiography in the editorial programme of the Załuski Library (opened to the public in 1747). This in turn explains the interest in primary sources, bibliography, chronology, and the history of Russia itself. However, the results of these interests seem modest. The majority of the works that appeared were based on popular French literature. The Polish authors made little effort to use their superior knowledge of the Ruthenian world amalgamated with the fabric of the Commonwealth (language, Eastern Christianity, customs). Instead, they preferred to keep to the French compilations, copy or adapt their views, patterns, and evaluations, even if they were conscious of the structural fallacies of such historiography. The other thing evident in the analysed writings is the presence of the negative stereotype of the “Muscovite”. This stereotype appeared in the Commonwealth not later than during the XVII century.
Authors and Affiliations
Jarosław Kurkowski
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP76331
- DOI -
- Views 109
- Downloads 0
Szyszkowiana/pseudoszyszkowiana z dawnego księgozbioru bernardynów z Karczówki, przechowywane obecnie w zbiorach Biblioteki Wyższego Seminarium Duchownego w Kielcach. Komunikat („Vilescit quilibet semper apignis liber infirmatur”, wpis w jednej z książek oo. bernardynów z Karczówki, 1651 r.)
The article discusses the significance of the six old prints of the old library of the Bernadines of Karczówka (now within the boundaries of the contemporary Kielce city) that include the provenance notes denoting them t...
Katalog inkunabułów Biblioteki Naukowej PAU i PAN w Krakowie, oprac. Teresa Dąbrowa, Elżbieta Knapek, Jacek Wojtowicz, Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, 2015, ss. 285, ISBN 978-83- 7676-223-4.
Katalog inkunabułów Biblioteki Naukowej PAU i PAN w Krakowie, oprac. Teresa Dąbrowa, Elżbieta Knapek, Jacek Wojtowicz, Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, 2015, ss. 285, ISBN 978-83- 7676-223-4.
Polish books from the 18th to the beginning of the 20th centuries in Ekaterinburg
This article analyses Polish book collections in Ekaterinburg. The author has found such collections in four of the city’s libraries: the Sverdlovsk regional library, the Sverdlovsk regional history museum, the Central...
The collection of Joachim Lelewel in the Rare Book Department of the Vilnius University Library
Historian, cartographer, bibliographer, book scientist Joachim Lelewel (1786-1861) devised and bequeathed his private library to the Vilnius University. This collection, preserved in the Rare Book Department of the VU Li...
Urszula Paszkiewicz, Cathalogus cathalogorum. Inwentarze i katalogi bibliotek z ziem wschodnich Rzeczypospolitej od XVI wieku do 1939 roku. Spis scalony, poprawiony i uzupełniony, t. 1–2, Warszawa: Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego, 2015, t. 1: ss. 717, t. 2: ss. 772, ISBN 978-83-62622-41-2 (całość).
Urszula Paszkiewicz, Cathalogus cathalogorum. Inwentarze i katalogi bibliotek z ziem wschodnich Rzeczypospolitej od XVI wieku do 1939 roku. Spis scalony, poprawiony i uzupełniony, t. 1–2, Warszawa: Ministerstwo Kultury i...