The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1733-1795: Light and Flame

By Richard Butterwick

A major new assessment of the "vanished kingdom" of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth--one which recognizes its achievements before its destruction

Richard Butterwick tells the compelling story of the last decades of one of Europe's largest and least understood polities: the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Drawing on the latest research, Butterwick vividly portrays the turbulence the Commonwealth experienced. Far from seeing it as a failed state, he shows the ways in which it overcame the stranglehold of Russia and briefly regained its sovereignty, the crowning success of which took place on 3 May 1791--the passing of the first Constitution of modern Europe.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030025220X
• ISBN13: 9780300252200
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"