Sługa pański. Uposażenie urzędników i służby dworskiej na dworach prywatnych w XVIII-wiecznej Rzeczypospolitej
Your servant. Salary of officials and court services at magnate courts in the 18th-century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Summary/Abstract: The noble court, as one of the basic structures of public life of the nobility in the 18th-century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, had a strong influence on its surroundings through the transfer of cultural behaviour, moral attitudes and political ideas. The owners of large private courts - active and politically engaged magnates - created a strong client circle around them, influencing the actions of the nobility of a given province and their attitude to higher authorities, engaging them in their ventures, providing employment at the court and in extensive latifundia. Service at the court was honourable and profitable, but also difficult and full of sacrifices, depending on the position and personal character of the patrons and their attitude to their subordinates. Court officials, latifundial officials and employed servants were expected to be faithful, obedient, highly efficient and enterprising resignation; hence, from service at court was a common occurrence.

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