An Englishman in-between Two Worlds: Robert Bargrave’s Travel through East-Central Europe, 1652-1... more An Englishman in-between Two Worlds: Robert Bargrave’s Travel through East-Central Europe, 1652-1653 The article discusses a journey of a young Englishman Robert Bargrave (1628-1661), who in the early 1650s travelled from Constantinople to England. The travel diary recording this journey reflects Bargrave’s keen interest in the customs, everyday life and languages as well as natural conditions and economy of the places he visited and shows that he tried to place it in a wider context. As a result, closer analysis of this text gives us an excellent opportunity to examine the picture of East -Central Europe as seen by a mid-seventeenth century Englishman and the way he perceived it in relation to both the Ottoman Empire and Western Europe.
W lutym 1633 r. dwudziestojednoletni Janusz Radziwiłł, syn księcia Krzysztofa Radziwiłła, przybył... more W lutym 1633 r. dwudziestojednoletni Janusz Radziwiłł, syn księcia Krzysztofa Radziwiłła, przybył do Londynu z misją dyplomatyczną zleconą mu przez nowego polskiego władcę Władysława IV. Jej przebieg oraz pozostałe szczegóły pobytu młodego magnata w Anglii nie były dotychczas zbyt dobrze znane. Dzięki analizie nowych polskich i angielskich źródeł jest jednak możliwe ich szczegółowe odtworzenie, a zebrany materiał jednoznacznie wskazuje, że pobyt młodego Radziwiłła w Londynie miał nie tylko stricte ceremonialny charakter i powinien być interpretowany jako jeden z przejawów aktywizacji polityki zagranicznej przez nowego monarchę oraz znaczenia rodu Radziwiłłów na arenie międzynarodowej.
The article discusses how post-1569 relations between Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania wer... more The article discusses how post-1569 relations between Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were presented in various written materials produced in Britain in the late-16th and 17th centuries. It analyses both the materials produced by and for the court or professional elites, and widely circulating publications (books and newspapers) which were readily available to the general reading public. It argues that there is strong evidence that British readers were aware of the existence of the Polish-Lithuanian Union, although the union itself was rarely presented either accurately or in any detail. They therefore had a very blurred conception of how it functioned in practice, as can be illustrated, for example, by British authors downplaying or simply denying the fact that after the Union of Lublin Lithuania became a constituent part of the Commonwealth with a status equal to that of Poland. Moreover, few writers and editors considered it necessary to provide readers with a proper expl...
and so in the summer of 1678 the Lithuanian squire Teodor Billewicz summed up his observations on... more and so in the summer of 1678 the Lithuanian squire Teodor Billewicz summed up his observations on the question of the trade and availability in London of various products.1 The words of this visitor from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth may indeed be interpreted as evidence that he was greatly impressed with the economic life of the English capital, this being even more so given that he had already managed to visit Italy and France where he had had the opportunity of examine the functioning of their metropolises. This may be taken as further proof that seventeenth-century London was perceived by contemporaries as an important European centre for trade and consumption, including the consumption of luxury goods, for it was this that Billewicz presumably had in mind using the expression ‘merchandise’.2 The key role played by London in the development of the internal market for the whole of England as well as its signifi cance as the main centre for luxury consumption and the shaping ...
The article discusses a journey of a young Englishman Robert Bargrave (1628‑1661),
who in the ea... more The article discusses a journey of a young Englishman Robert Bargrave (1628‑1661),
who in the early 1650s travelled from Constantinople to England. The travel diary recording this journey reflects Bargrave’s keen interest in the customs, everyday life and languages as well as natural conditions and economy of the places he visited and shows that he tried to place it in a wider context. As a result, closer analysis of this text gives us an excellent opportunity to examine the picture of East‑Central Europe as seen by a mid‑seventeenth century Englishman and the way he perceived it in relation to both the Ottoman Empire and Western Europe.
Kingdome Differing from Other in Europe… Polish‑Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Seventeenth‑Centur... more Kingdome Differing from Other in Europe… Polish‑Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Seventeenth‑Century English Language Publications The article discusses the image of Polish‑Lithuanian Commonwealth in seventeenth‑century English language publications, particularly geographic and historical ones. The author proposes a new evaluation and method of interpreting the existing sources, e.g. diplomatic materials and travel accounts, by taking into account the real readership of these texts depending on their type, specific editions as well as the readers’ market. In case of England and Scotland, sources decidedly indicate that due to their developed forms and large number of publications which included information on the Commonwealth, readers could acquire enough information to form a relatively precise opinion of their own on the Polish‑Lithuanian Commonwealth.
"Kingdome differing from other in Europe…" Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów w siedemnastowiecznych t... more "Kingdome differing from other in Europe…" Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów w siedemnastowiecznych tekstach anglojęzycznych
An Englishman in-between Two Worlds: Robert Bargrave’s Travel through East-Central Europe, 1652-1... more An Englishman in-between Two Worlds: Robert Bargrave’s Travel through East-Central Europe, 1652-1653 The article discusses a journey of a young Englishman Robert Bargrave (1628-1661), who in the early 1650s travelled from Constantinople to England. The travel diary recording this journey reflects Bargrave’s keen interest in the customs, everyday life and languages as well as natural conditions and economy of the places he visited and shows that he tried to place it in a wider context. As a result, closer analysis of this text gives us an excellent opportunity to examine the picture of East -Central Europe as seen by a mid-seventeenth century Englishman and the way he perceived it in relation to both the Ottoman Empire and Western Europe.
W lutym 1633 r. dwudziestojednoletni Janusz Radziwiłł, syn księcia Krzysztofa Radziwiłła, przybył... more W lutym 1633 r. dwudziestojednoletni Janusz Radziwiłł, syn księcia Krzysztofa Radziwiłła, przybył do Londynu z misją dyplomatyczną zleconą mu przez nowego polskiego władcę Władysława IV. Jej przebieg oraz pozostałe szczegóły pobytu młodego magnata w Anglii nie były dotychczas zbyt dobrze znane. Dzięki analizie nowych polskich i angielskich źródeł jest jednak możliwe ich szczegółowe odtworzenie, a zebrany materiał jednoznacznie wskazuje, że pobyt młodego Radziwiłła w Londynie miał nie tylko stricte ceremonialny charakter i powinien być interpretowany jako jeden z przejawów aktywizacji polityki zagranicznej przez nowego monarchę oraz znaczenia rodu Radziwiłłów na arenie międzynarodowej.
The article discusses how post-1569 relations between Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania wer... more The article discusses how post-1569 relations between Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were presented in various written materials produced in Britain in the late-16th and 17th centuries. It analyses both the materials produced by and for the court or professional elites, and widely circulating publications (books and newspapers) which were readily available to the general reading public. It argues that there is strong evidence that British readers were aware of the existence of the Polish-Lithuanian Union, although the union itself was rarely presented either accurately or in any detail. They therefore had a very blurred conception of how it functioned in practice, as can be illustrated, for example, by British authors downplaying or simply denying the fact that after the Union of Lublin Lithuania became a constituent part of the Commonwealth with a status equal to that of Poland. Moreover, few writers and editors considered it necessary to provide readers with a proper expl...
and so in the summer of 1678 the Lithuanian squire Teodor Billewicz summed up his observations on... more and so in the summer of 1678 the Lithuanian squire Teodor Billewicz summed up his observations on the question of the trade and availability in London of various products.1 The words of this visitor from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth may indeed be interpreted as evidence that he was greatly impressed with the economic life of the English capital, this being even more so given that he had already managed to visit Italy and France where he had had the opportunity of examine the functioning of their metropolises. This may be taken as further proof that seventeenth-century London was perceived by contemporaries as an important European centre for trade and consumption, including the consumption of luxury goods, for it was this that Billewicz presumably had in mind using the expression ‘merchandise’.2 The key role played by London in the development of the internal market for the whole of England as well as its signifi cance as the main centre for luxury consumption and the shaping ...
The article discusses a journey of a young Englishman Robert Bargrave (1628‑1661),
who in the ea... more The article discusses a journey of a young Englishman Robert Bargrave (1628‑1661),
who in the early 1650s travelled from Constantinople to England. The travel diary recording this journey reflects Bargrave’s keen interest in the customs, everyday life and languages as well as natural conditions and economy of the places he visited and shows that he tried to place it in a wider context. As a result, closer analysis of this text gives us an excellent opportunity to examine the picture of East‑Central Europe as seen by a mid‑seventeenth century Englishman and the way he perceived it in relation to both the Ottoman Empire and Western Europe.
Kingdome Differing from Other in Europe… Polish‑Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Seventeenth‑Centur... more Kingdome Differing from Other in Europe… Polish‑Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Seventeenth‑Century English Language Publications The article discusses the image of Polish‑Lithuanian Commonwealth in seventeenth‑century English language publications, particularly geographic and historical ones. The author proposes a new evaluation and method of interpreting the existing sources, e.g. diplomatic materials and travel accounts, by taking into account the real readership of these texts depending on their type, specific editions as well as the readers’ market. In case of England and Scotland, sources decidedly indicate that due to their developed forms and large number of publications which included information on the Commonwealth, readers could acquire enough information to form a relatively precise opinion of their own on the Polish‑Lithuanian Commonwealth.
"Kingdome differing from other in Europe…" Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów w siedemnastowiecznych t... more "Kingdome differing from other in Europe…" Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów w siedemnastowiecznych tekstach anglojęzycznych
Network of Interests and Centre of Monarchical Reign. The Polish Court and the Foreign Relations ... more Network of Interests and Centre of Monarchical Reign. The Polish Court and the Foreign Relations unter the Vasa Dynasty, Vienna 8th-9th Match 2019
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arenie międzynarodowej.
who in the early 1650s travelled from Constantinople to England. The travel diary recording this journey reflects Bargrave’s keen interest in the customs, everyday life and languages as well as natural conditions and economy of the places he visited and shows that he tried to place it in a wider context. As a result, closer analysis of this text gives us an excellent opportunity to examine the picture of East‑Central Europe as seen by a mid‑seventeenth century Englishman and the way he perceived it in relation to both the Ottoman Empire and Western Europe.
arenie międzynarodowej.
who in the early 1650s travelled from Constantinople to England. The travel diary recording this journey reflects Bargrave’s keen interest in the customs, everyday life and languages as well as natural conditions and economy of the places he visited and shows that he tried to place it in a wider context. As a result, closer analysis of this text gives us an excellent opportunity to examine the picture of East‑Central Europe as seen by a mid‑seventeenth century Englishman and the way he perceived it in relation to both the Ottoman Empire and Western Europe.