Polsko-włoskie relacje dynastyczno-polityczne i ich oddziaływanie na polską i włoską kulturę w XVI–XVIII w. (wybrane zagadnienia)
Polish-Italian dynastic and political relations and their influence on Polish and Italian culture in the 16th–18th centuries (selected issues)

Author(s): Małgorzata Mieszek
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Polish–Italian dynastic relations in the 16th–18th centuries; fashion in the 16th century; culinary arts in the 16th–18th centuries; opera – history in 17th-century Poland
Summary/Abstract: The article provides a comprehensive overview of Polish–Italian relations in the dynastic and political spheres from the 16th to the 17th century. It examines the phenomenon of mass travels of young Polish nobility to Italy, the so-called Grand Tour, as well as the growing interest in Italian culture and customs, which were subsequently transplanted into the Polish context. The study highlights notable figures who contributed to the history of Italian rulers and those who drew inspiration from Italian culture (e.g., opera), as well as the process of assimilation of Italians who settled in Poland. It demonstrates that mutual cultural, social, political, economic, and scientific contacts significantly influenced the formation and development of various spheres in early modern Poland.

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