Księstwo Warszawskie w świadomości Polaków - świadectwo pamiętników
The Grand Duchy of Warsaw in the Poles' Awareness - the Testimony of Memoirs
Author(s): Dariusz RolnikSubject(s): History
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Polish memoirs; Grand Duchy of Warsaw; Napoleon I; pamiętnikarstwo polskie; Księstwo Warszawskie; Napoleon I
Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses how the contemporaries evaluated the Grand Duchy of Warsaw. 59 diaries have been analysed with such prominent authors as Wirydianna Fiszer, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Kajetan Koz´mian, Józef Wybicki, and Prot Lelewel. The less known memoirs have also been taken into account. They allow us to discover the principal stereotype of thinking about the state “given by Napoleon” as a continuation of the First Republic. The pages of memoirs inform us about the nostalgia for sovereignty. We also learn about the relationship to France and Napoleon I, nevertheless a more serious criticism of the emperor appeared only after the defeat of 1812.
Journal: Roczniki Humanistyczne
- Issue Year: 55/2007
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 83-105
- Page Count: 23
- Language: Polish