ŚWIĘTOCHOWSKI- HISTORIA CHŁOPÓW POLSKICH vol. 1-2 [complete in 2 vols.]

ŚWIĘTOCHOWSKI Aleksander

HISTORY OF THE POLISH PEASANTS

Lvov - Poznan 1925-8, published by Polish Publishing House, pp. 523, [4]; 509; format 12.5x19.5 cm

First edition!

A comprehensive monograph on the subject covering the history of the peasantry from the earliest times to the 19th century.

Quoting an abbreviation of several chapters:

-Emigration of the rural people. The enslavement of the Cossacks. Oppression of the peasantry in Rus. Ukrainian revolts. The slaughter of Humansk. Bloody revenge. Conflicting desires of the nobility;

-The state in the face of the peasant cause. Progress of the moral decline of the nobility. King. Sejm 1768 Radom Confederation. Deference to justice. The hypocritical and disreputable conduct of Russia. The first partition. Zamojski's collection of court laws and its condemnation by the Sejm;

-Supliki. Tarczynska and Weeping. The Jews. Their privileging. Breeding of gold-bearing hens and leeches. Severe punishments for offenses of the Christian population against the Jews. Their number, growth and destructive influence. The question of the peasantry;

-The four-year parliament. The protraction of the deliberations. - Privilege. Fear of rebellions. The behavior of the king. The May law on the peasants. Its value for them. The judgments of contemporaries. Later criticism. Little practical effect. Targowica;

-Kosciuszko. The Polaniecki Uniwersal. Its moderation. The first in the history of Poland to empower the peasants. The calling of them to defend the homeland. Their heroism. The resistance of the nobility. Poland of the nobility before the loss of independence ;

-Freder's memoirs. The project of peasant reform. Spring of Nations 1848; -National Committee. National Council. Address to the emperor. Government delays, obstructs private reforms and does not respond. Conflicting currents in opinion. Patent abolishing serfdom. Instead of the gift of the nobility, the gift of the government. Outrage at its perversity. Numerous supplementary patents .

PUBLISHER'S HARDCOVER OF THE PERIOD, BAGOTO DECORATED SPINES. VERY IMPRESSIVE

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