The Duchy of Warsaw, 1807-1815 A Napoleonic Outpost in Central Europe [Hardcover]

The Duchy of Warsaw, 1807-1815is the first academic history of the state established by Napoleon in pre-partitioned Poland at the turn of the 19th century. The book examines the political, social and cultural dynamics of the Duchy and considers its role in Napoleon's wider empire and the politics he engaged in across the European continent during the period. Czubaty explores the history of the Duchy to reveal how political and social ideas, systems and mechanisms from France, Italy and Germany began permeating Central Eastern Europe at this time and goes on to consider how this impacted on the changing political mentalities of the Polish people.

Jaroslaw Czubatyis Professor at the Institute of History at the University of Warsaw, Poland.

Ursula Phillipsis a translator of Polish literary and academic works and Honorary Research Associate of the University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UK.

Introduction
Prologue
1. 'Deliverer' or 'Conqueror': Napoleon and the Poles during the 'First Polish War' 1806-1807
2. 'A wise and liberal constitution has replaced anarchy...'
3. Between Disappointment and Hope 1807-1809
4. 1809: War on the Periphery
5. 'Sobieski's Heirs': The Polish Army of the Duchy of Warsaw
6. 'Money!' or the Foundations of 'National Prosperity'
7. Tradition and Change in the Social Life of the Duchy of Warsaw
8. New Forms and Old Mentality in Political Life
9. 1812-1815: 'We will have no choice here...'
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index

[An] excellent new book. Journal of Modern History

A read that is as absorbing as it is informative: in this exceptionally fair-minded study, Jaroslaw Czubaty takes us deep into the history and experience of Poland in the Napoleonic era, and argues that, notwithstanding Napoleon's cynical exploitation of the Poles for his own ends, this period played a crucial role in the eventual rebirth of lÓI