A man of honour : Adam Czartoryski as a statesman of Russia and Poland, 1795-1831
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A man of honour : Adam Czartoryski as a statesman of Russia and Poland, 1795-1831
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1993
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Bibliography: p. [336]-359
Includes index
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This is a study of the extraordinary political career of Prince Adam Czartoryski, a Polish patriot who rose to become foreign minister of the Russian Empire under Tsar Alexander I. A controversial figure in both Poland and Russia, he played a leading role in the struggle against Napoleon and was instrumental in the establishment of a Polish state at the Congress of Vienna.
This scholarly and perceptive account, based on intensive research, explores the personal, political, ideological, and economic bases of Czartoryski's long association with Russia. It assesses his role in international relations during the Napoleonic era, and examines his contribution to the cause of enlightened reform. Czartoryski emerges as an intellectualizing statesman, a committed opponent of Napoleonic imperialism, an advocate of a new European order based on nationality and liberal
constitutionalism, and an early exponent of Pan-Slavism.
A Man of Honour sets Czartoryski in his context as a major figure in the political history of early nineteenth-century Europe and deepens our understanding of the complex elements at work in the emergence of modern Poland.
Table of Contents
- List of Maps
- Abbreviations
- Note on Sources
- Introduction
- 1. In the Russian Orbit: A Journey to St Petersburg
- 2. Friendship, Love, and the Unofficial Committee (1795-1803)
- 3. Towards a New International Order (1803)
- 4. Standing up to Bonaparte (1804)
- 5. The Tortuous Path to Austerlitz (1805)
- 6. After Austerlitz: Demand for Action (1806)
- 7. Napoleon on Russia's Doorstep and the Voice of Cassandra (1806-1808)
- 8. Caught in the Cross-Fire (1809-1812)
- 9. The Turning of the Tide (1813-1814)
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