The influence of women on cultural life in Poland in 18th century
INTRODUCTION
Women’s part in history and her influence on the culture is still a subject to be examined. Although the interest in women and their role in certain eras is growing, there are not many works on the subject in historiography and sociology. The first attempts to develop the subjects are seen already in 19th century. These are the works of K.W. Wójcicki „Polish women”, Z. Kaczkowski „ Woman in Poland”, J.Sowiński „About educated polish women” and others. Even though these works were written to create and ideal image of woman, they are an important part of the subject. Especially Wojcicki and Sowinski’s works are major as they recall many totally unknown surnames. The first serious, scientific work based on many sources is “The woman of old Poland” by Lucja Charewiczowa (first published in Lwow in 1938). The subject of woman’s role in the society was also described by Maria Bogucka, Cezary Kuklo, Władysław Konopczyński, Zbigniew Kuchowicz,Jerzy Michalski. The aim of this work is to answer the question what was women’s influence on cultural life in 18th century in Poland. It is going to be very general and can serve only as a monograph because of the restrictions on the work. The same reason did not let me compare polish situation with, for example, European. The notion of culture is also very broad so I am going to consider only women from wealthy families. To answer the stated question we have to look at a woman’s role in society throughout centuries. On the basis of chosen women I am going to prove how important role they played in creating Polish Enlightenment.
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INTRODUCTION
Women’s part in history and her influence on the culture is still a subject to be examined. Although the interest in women and their role in certain eras is growing, there are not many works on the subject in historiography and sociology. The first attempts to develop the subjects are seen already in 19th century. These are the works of K.W. Wójcicki „Polish women”, Z. Kaczkowski „ Woman in Poland”, J.Sowiński „About educated polish women” and others. Even though these works were written to create and ideal image of woman, they are an important part of the subject. Especially Wojcicki and Sowinski’s works are major as they recall many totally unknown surnames. The first serious, scientific work based on many sources is “The woman of old Poland” by Lucja Charewiczowa (first published in Lwow in 1938). The subject of woman’s role in the society was also described by Maria Bogucka, Cezary Kuklo, Władysław Konopczyński, Zbigniew Kuchowicz,Jerzy Michalski. The aim of this work is to answer the question what was women’s influence on cultural life in 18th century in Poland. It is going to be very general and can serve only as a monograph because of the restrictions on the work. The same reason did not let me compare polish situation with, for example, European. The notion of culture is also very broad so I am going to consider only women from wealthy families. To answer the stated question we have to look at a woman’s role in society throughout centuries. On the basis of chosen women I am going to prove how important role they played in creating Polish Enlightenment.
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