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The Motif of the ‘Bloodbath of Toruń’ in Voltairean Writings Concerning the Dissident Question of 1767/68 and the First Partition of Poland

dc.abstract.enThe ‘Tumult of Toruń’ of 1724, which resulted in the sentencing to death of the mayor and a dozen or so townsmen (the so-called ‘bloodbath’ or ‘bloody court’), brought about a veritable deluge of publications. It has become widely accepted in literature that these writings fundamentally impacted the development in Western public opinion of the notion that eighteenth-century Poland was an intolerant country. In 1767–71, Voltaire placed his pen at the service of the Russian empress, and his propaganda texts provided support for the diplomatic and military offensive of the court of Saint Petersburg in Poland. One of the more significant themes that appeared in the papers commissioned by the Russians and also in the philosopher’s correspondence was that of the ‘Tumult of Toruń’ of July 1724 and the death sentences that were passed against the city’s mayor and a dozen or so townspeople.
dc.affiliationUniwersytet Warszawski
dc.contributor.authorKordel, Jacek
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-26T10:28:04Z
dc.date.available2024-01-26T10:28:04Z
dc.date.copyright2022-01-02
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.accesstimeAT_PUBLICATION
dc.description.financePublikacja bezkosztowa
dc.description.number5
dc.description.versionFINAL_PUBLISHED
dc.description.volume128
dc.identifier.issn0023-5903
dc.identifier.urihttps://repozytorium.uw.edu.pl//handle/item/122706
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://apcz.umk.pl/KH/article/view/36852
dc.languageeng
dc.pbn.affiliationhistory
dc.relation.ispartofKwartalnik Historyczny
dc.relation.pages45-77
dc.rightsCC-BY-ND
dc.sciencecloudnosend
dc.subject.enCatherine II
dc.subject.enthe dissident question of 1766–68
dc.subject.enconfessional relations in eighteenth-century Poland
dc.subject.enthe ‘Bloodbath of Thorn’ of 1724
dc.subject.enThorner Blutgericht
dc.subject.enVoltaire
dc.titleThe Motif of the ‘Bloodbath of Toruń’ in Voltairean Writings Concerning the Dissident Question of 1767/68 and the First Partition of Poland
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication