Title: | Kariera polityczna Leonarda Marcina Świeykowskiego: od podsędka do wojewody – przypadek czy nowe zasady kształtowania się elit w czasach Stanisława Augusta? |
Other Titles: | The Political Career of Leonard Marcin Świeykowski: from a S ubiudex to a Province Governor – a Coincidence or a M anifestation of New Principles of the Development of an Elite During Stanisław August’s Reign? |
Authors: | Rolnik, Dariusz |
Keywords: | Stanisław August; elity Rzeczypospolitej; życie publiczne; Leonard Marcin Świeykowski; Stanisław Augustus; the elite of the Polish Commonwealth; public life |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
Citation: | "Res Historica" (Nr 46 (2018), s. 181-201) |
Abstract: | The purpose of the article is to analyse the manner in which the political elites were
created and the paths which led to those elites. The focus is on the career of Leonard Marcin
Świeykowski, which is compared to a number of other cases of senatorial careers, inter alia
those of Gedeon Jeleński and Adam Chmara. All of these people produced similar family
archives. These sources have allowed a reconstruction of the mechanisms of their careers,
which are substantially similar. This is clearly discernible in King Stanisław Augustus’s creation of the circle of royal supporters. Submissiveness toward the decision-making centre
was not the sole factor which determined a career. Such features as entrepreneurship
and intelligence were of greater relevance to a career, whereas noble birth and the inherited
estate were of secondary relevance. Another crucial feature had to do with an attitude
which expressed interest in the welfare of the state and fellow citizens, which may be associated
with the establishment of a specific political agenda whose purpose was to reform
the Polish Commonwealth. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/9869 |
DOI: | 10.17951/rh.2018.46.181-201 |
ISSN: | 2082-6060 |
Appears in Collections: | Artykuły (W.Hum.)
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