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 both Poland and Russia, he played a leading role in the struggle against Napoleon and was instrumental in the establishment of a Polish state at the Congress of Vienna. This scholarly and perceptive account, based on intensive research, explores the personal, political, ideological, and economic bases of Czartoryski's long association with Russia. It 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 Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN-13
9780198203032
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94538238
Product Key Features
Book Title
A Man of Honour: Adam Czartoryski As a Statesman of Russia and Poland 1795-1831
Author
W. H. Zawadzki
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
History
Publication Year
1993
Type
Textbook
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
392 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
244mm
Item Width
165mm
Item Weight
800 g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
W. H. Zawadzki
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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