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Jews in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

2021
Abstract One of the hallmarks of modern diaspora studies is the dichotomy of a “homeland” and “hostland” in relation to a diasporic group. The history of Jews in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth complicates these contemporary categories. The multi-ethnic and multi-cultural Commonwealth was a homeland for Polish Jews.
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The Shtadlan of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth:

Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry, 2002
This chapter examines the Jewish intercessor (shtadlan) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, long the target of opponents’ bile and consistently defended by die-hard advocates. It addresses several fundamental questions regarding the shtadlan, his activities, and his role as a communal functionary.
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The Orthodox Church and the Jews in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Jewish History, 2003
Relations between the Orthodox Church and the Jews in the Polish-Lithianian Commonwealth followed the same pattern as those with the Uniates and the Roman Catholics.1 This is not surprising. The similar institutional and economic structures of the three churches made patterns of contact uniform, particularly economic ones, and the official doctrine of ...
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The Image of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in Czech History Textbooks

The Polish Review, 2020
Abstract The analysis of the content of Czech history textbooks regarding Poland-Lithuania focuses on the origins of the freedoms enjoyed by the aristocracy under the Commonwealth, then moves to identifying references to the Polish kings and other major figures from the mid-fifteenth century to the end of the eighteenth century, key ...
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The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: history, memory, legacy

Canadian Slavonic Papers
Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung, Bd. 73 Nr. 3 (2024)
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Elections vs. political competition: The case of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Review of Austrian Economics, 2013
In models of political economy, institutionalization of free and open elections is presented as infusing competition into a previously monopolized regime. Due to elections, representative democracies are thought to reflect the will of the majority as opposed to the will of the elites.
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On the Name(s) of the Prostaja Mova in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Studia Slavica, 2006
A variety of names are traditionally used to refer to the literary language as cultivated by the Belarusians and Ukrainians in the late Middle Ages. It is maintained that the emergence of the term prostaja mova/prostyj jazykъ was brought about by the (German) Reformation in the Polish Kingdom and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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Was the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth a Colonial State?

2017
AFTER_PUBLICATION
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Liquid Identity? Peasants’ Mobility and Migration Policies in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Seventeenth Century: The Case of the Microregions of Gdańsk and Krakow

Palgrave studies in migration history, 2023
Mateusz Wyzga
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Jesuit Multilingualism in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

2023
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