Między potwierdzeniem a nadaniem: „starożytne” uzasadnienie republikańskiej „złotej wolności” w De Republica Polonica Krzysztofa Hartknocha
Between Confirmation and Promulgation: the “Ancient” Justification for Republican “Golden Liberty” in Krzysztof Hartknoch’s De Republica Polonica

Summary/Abstract: In Krzysztof Hartknoch’s work entitled De Republica Polonica, evolutionarily shaped customary laws smoothly merge with the granting of rights by the king, together producing a comprehensive justification for the “golden liberty” of the nobility. These idioms generate anti-absolutist political and legal rhetoric, similar in nature to the English narrative of the “ancient constitution.” In proving this thesis, the author begins with the origins of freedom and its essence as a political phenomenon. He then discusses methods of researching the “ancient constitution” and elements of this narrative present in Hartknoch’s work.

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