O problemie reakcji społeczeństwa szlacheckiego na pierwszy rozbiór raz jeszcze. Uwagi na kanwie edycji korespondencji i gazetek rękopiśmiennych Jędrzeja Kitowicza
Once Again about the Problem of Reaction of the Noble Society to the First Partition. Remarks Based on the Edition of Jędrzej Kitowicz’s Correspondence and Handwritten Pamphlets

Summary/Abstract: It is a common belief that the first partition of the Commonwealth came as a shock for the noble society. Source studies, however, do not confirm this thesis. On the contrary, they show that the nobility reacted calmly, staying unexpectedly long under the delusion that this situation was only temporary. The published volume of Jędrzej Kitowicz’s Correspondence and Handwritten Pamphlets from 1771–1776 is an excellent source of information about the moods, expectations, and illusions of noblemen throughout the broadly understood era of the first partition.

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