The Duchy of Warsaw, 1807-1815 A Napoleonic Outpost in Central Europe

by Czubaty, Jaroslaw; Phillips, Ursula

• ISBN13: 9781472523570
• ISBN10: 1472523571
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2016-02-11
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

The Duchy of Warsaw, 1807-1815 is the first academic history of the state established by Napoleon in pre-partitioned Poland at the turn of the 19th century. The book examines the political, social and cultural dynamics of the Duchy and considers its role in Napoleon's wider empire and the politics he engaged in across the European continent during the period. Czubaty explores the history of the Duchy to reveal how political and social ideas, systems and mechanisms from France, Italy and Germany began permeating Central Eastern Europe at this time and goes on to consider how this impacted on the changing political mentalities of the Polish people.

Author Biography

Jaroslaw Czubaty is Professor at the Institute of History at the University of Warsaw, Poland.

Ursula Phillips is a translator of Polish literary and academic works and Honorary Research Associate of the University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Prologue
1. 'Deliverer' or 'Conqueror': Napoleon and the Poles during the 'First Polish War' 1806-1807
2. 'A wise and liberal constitution has replaced anarchy...'
3. Between Disappointment and Hope 1807-1809
4. 1809: War on the Periphery
5. 'Sobieski's Heirs': The Polish Army of the Duchy of Warsaw
6. 'Money!' or the Foundations of 'National Prosperity'
7. Tradition and Change in the Social Life of the Duchy of Warsaw
8. New Forms and Old Mentality in Political Life
9. 1812-1815: 'We will have no choice here...'
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index