The career of Józef Kazimierz Kossakowski after the defeat of the bar confederation Cover Image

Kariera ks. Józefa kazimierza Kossakowskiego po upadku konfederacji barskiej
The career of Józef Kazimierz Kossakowski after the defeat of the bar confederation

Author(s): Kamil Michaluk
Subject(s): Politics, History of Church(es), 18th Century, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Diecezjalne »Adalbertinum«
Keywords: Age of Enlightenment; Kossakowski; catholic Church;

Summary/Abstract: Józef Kazimierz Kossakowski was a one of most interesting representives of catholic Church in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the end of XVIII century. Bishop and progressive author of literature, finished as traitor to hanged on the gibbet in times of Kościuszkoʼs insurgency. For recognize of his career itʼs necessary analyzing itʼs between 1772 and 1781, after the fall of the Bar Confederation. During that time developed political goals of churchman and his economic status; in this period also he became one of the most commit-ted collaborators of Otto von Stackelberg, Russian ambassador.

  • Issue Year: 19/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 147-163
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish