This book examines the key works of humanistic historiography in Poland–Lithuania during the long sixteenth century, showing how these writings functioned as political interventions and instruments in struggles over authority, legitimacy, memory, religion, and constitutional order. It also emphasizes how ethnogenetic myths and narratives of liberty helped define the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and underscores the role of historical writings in Renaissance debates about republicanism and constitutional order.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: Agnieszka Dziuba
EAN: 9789004778573
COUNTRY: Netherlands
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HEIGHT: 235 mm
PUBLISHED BY: Brill
DATE PUBLISHED: 2026-11-19
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GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance
WIDTH: 155 mm
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Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600
Agnieszka Dziuba, Ph.D. (Catholic University of Lublin, Poland, 1998) is Professor of Classical and Neo-Latin Studies at that university. Her research focuses on Roman historiography, Latin rhetoric, and Renaissance Latin historiography in Poland–Lithuania, on which she has published three monographs.
