The Other Prussia: Royal Prussia, Poland and Liberty, 1569–1772 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History) - Hardcover

Friedrich, Karin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521583357 ISBN 13: 9780521583350

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This book focuses on the history of Royal Prussia--the "other Prussia"--which was part of the Polish state from 1454 to 1793. It studies the complex relationship between Germans and Slavs in the Polish-Prussian borderlands, and demonstrates the importance of national and historical myth-making for power politics. Analyzing the rivalry between the multinational, constitutionalist Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and its centralized, dynastic neighbor Brandenburg-Prussia, this study contributes to our understanding of the process of early modern nation-building and the formation of national identity.

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Review:

"Strong and original....impressively researched..." Central European History

"This study represents a significant contribution to the current discussion of identity formation and the almost peripheral role that language played in the prerevolutionary era." Slavic Review, Vol. 60

"In this excellent book, Karin Friedrich argues convincingly that early modern Prussians were neither Germans nor Poles...[but] a community of citizens who embraced the constitutional agenda of the multinational [Polish-Lithuanian] Commonwealth." American Historical Review

"Friedrich's book is an excellent discussion of political theory and intellectual history that brings in new material and a valuable perspective." The Polish Review

"[The] book is well-written and tightly organized." The Historian

"This ia an excellent and important study." Journal of Modern History

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0521583357
• ISBN 13: 9780521583350
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 308