An examination of Bernard Connor's The History of Poland (1698) and its depiction of the political, religious, and cultural history of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth

Authors

John Paul Bardunias, Florida International University

Document Type

Thesis

Degree

Master of Arts (MA)

Major/Program

History

First Advisor's Name

Joseph F. Patrouch

First Advisor's Committee Title

Committee Chair

Second Advisor's Name

Rebecca Friedman

Third Advisor's Name

Lara Kriegel

Date of Defense

10-23-2004

Abstract

Connor was an Irish-born member of seventeenth-century English medical society who made an impact on medicine through his use of anatomy. This forward-thinking scientist also worked as a court physician for the Polish king John III Sobieski (1629- 1696) and published a history of that country.

This thesis will examine Bernard Connor's 1698 publication The History of Poland to show that the Commonwealth was considered a vision of a progressive European parliamentary government that could serve as a model for a struggling English parliamentary government, thus supporting Larry Wolff and Maria Todorova's vision of the later eighteenth-century creation of the idea of a backward "eastern Europe."

Identifier

FI14050429

Recommended Citation

Bardunias, John Paul, "An examination of Bernard Connor's The History of Poland (1698) and its depiction of the political, religious, and cultural history of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth" (2004). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1397.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1397