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A Man of Honour

By Zawadzki, W. H.

A Man of Honour Politics & Society

A Man of Honour

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This is a study of the extraordinary political career of Prince Adam Czartoryski, a Polish patriot who rose to become foreign minister of the Russian Empire under Tsar Alexander I. A controversial figure in the history of both Poland and Russia, Czartoryski played a leading role in the struggle against Napoleon Bonaparte and was instrumental in the establishment of a Polish state at the Congress of Vienna. W. H. Zawadzki's scholarly and perceptive account, based on intensive research, explores the personal, political, ideological, and economic bases of Czartoryski's long association with Russia. He assesses his role in international relations during the Napoleonic era, and examines his contribution to the cause of enlightened reform. Czartoryski emerges as an intellectualizing statesman, a committed opponent of Napoleonic imperialism, an advocate of a new European order based on nationality and liberal constitutionalism, and an early exponent of Pan-Slavism. A Man of Honour sets Czartoryski in his context as a major figure in the political history of early nineteenth-century Europe and deepens our understanding of the complex elements at work in the emergence of modern Poland.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
396
Release Date:
1993-04-08
Publication Date:
1992-10-01
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0198203039
ISBN13:
9780198203032
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
792 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
28 cm
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