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Customs and Culture in Poland under the Last Saxon King : Selections from Opis Obyczajów Za Panowania Augusta III by Father Jędrzej Kitowicz, 1728-1804.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Budapest : Central European University Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (414 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789633862766
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Customs and Culture in Poland under the Last Saxon KingLOC classification:
  • GT76 .K586 2019
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Glossary of Commonly Used Terms -- Jędrzej Kitowicz: To the Reader -- i. Religious Beliefs and Institutions of Piety -- 1. Religious Denominations in Poland -- 2. On Piety -- 3. The Hospital of the Baby Jesus -- 4. The Maiden Canonesses -- ii. Religious Customs and Ceremonies -- 5. On Manger Scenes -- 6. Floral Sunday -- 7. Ash Wednesday. Dark Matins -- 8. The Passion Service and the Flagellants -- 9. Easter Processions and the Entombment Ceremony -- 10. The Resurrection Ceremony and Corpus Christi Procession -- 11. Easter Monday and St. John's Eve -- iii. Child-Rearing and Early Education -- 12. Child-Rearing -- 13. The Education of Children Past the Age of Seven -- 14. Public Schools -- 15. On Student Privileges -- 16. How Dąbrowski Lost His Head -- iv. Legislature and the Judiciary -- 17. On the Sejms -- 18. Eating and Drinking at the Sejmiks. Vetting Delegates -- 19. The Marshal's Courts -- 20. On Torture -- 21. The Crown Tribunals -- 22. The Singlesticks Circle -- 23. Deputival Honors and Parades -- 24. The Conclusion of the Tribunals -- 25. The Radom Commission -- v. The Military -- 26. The Crown Foot Guard -- 27. The Company Circle -- 28. The Company Deputation for Tax Collection -- 29. The March of the Hussar and Armored Regiments -- 30. Foreign-Style Regiments -- 31. The Hetmans -- 32. The Sich and the Haidamaks -- 33. On Orders -- vi. Lives and Entertainments of the Nobility -- 34. Old-Fashioned Cookery -- 35. New-Fashioned Cookery -- 36. Noble Tables and Banquets -- 37. On the Potato -- 38. Of Beds and Bedding -- 39. On Noble Palaces and Homes -- 40. On Costume or Dress -- 41. Women's Wear: Headgear, Mantles, and Hoop Skirts -- 42. Of Snuff and Snuff Boxes -- 43. Of Bags and Watches, Rings and Pins -- 44. Household Entertainments -- 45. Of Carnivals and Kuligs.
46. Masked Balls -- 47. Of Drinks and Drinking -- 48. On the More Famous Drunkards -- 49. Of Carriages and Conveyances -- 50. Public Convocations -- vii. Peasant Life -- 51. On Peasant Customs -- Appendix: Reading Kitowicz in Context -- Appendix: List of Texts Not Included -- Index -- Gallery -- Back cover.
Summary: Complete with a comprehensive introduction, the present book consists of fifty-one chapters, including all of the most celebrated ones, from Father Kitowicz's Opis.
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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Glossary of Commonly Used Terms -- Jędrzej Kitowicz: To the Reader -- i. Religious Beliefs and Institutions of Piety -- 1. Religious Denominations in Poland -- 2. On Piety -- 3. The Hospital of the Baby Jesus -- 4. The Maiden Canonesses -- ii. Religious Customs and Ceremonies -- 5. On Manger Scenes -- 6. Floral Sunday -- 7. Ash Wednesday. Dark Matins -- 8. The Passion Service and the Flagellants -- 9. Easter Processions and the Entombment Ceremony -- 10. The Resurrection Ceremony and Corpus Christi Procession -- 11. Easter Monday and St. John's Eve -- iii. Child-Rearing and Early Education -- 12. Child-Rearing -- 13. The Education of Children Past the Age of Seven -- 14. Public Schools -- 15. On Student Privileges -- 16. How Dąbrowski Lost His Head -- iv. Legislature and the Judiciary -- 17. On the Sejms -- 18. Eating and Drinking at the Sejmiks. Vetting Delegates -- 19. The Marshal's Courts -- 20. On Torture -- 21. The Crown Tribunals -- 22. The Singlesticks Circle -- 23. Deputival Honors and Parades -- 24. The Conclusion of the Tribunals -- 25. The Radom Commission -- v. The Military -- 26. The Crown Foot Guard -- 27. The Company Circle -- 28. The Company Deputation for Tax Collection -- 29. The March of the Hussar and Armored Regiments -- 30. Foreign-Style Regiments -- 31. The Hetmans -- 32. The Sich and the Haidamaks -- 33. On Orders -- vi. Lives and Entertainments of the Nobility -- 34. Old-Fashioned Cookery -- 35. New-Fashioned Cookery -- 36. Noble Tables and Banquets -- 37. On the Potato -- 38. Of Beds and Bedding -- 39. On Noble Palaces and Homes -- 40. On Costume or Dress -- 41. Women's Wear: Headgear, Mantles, and Hoop Skirts -- 42. Of Snuff and Snuff Boxes -- 43. Of Bags and Watches, Rings and Pins -- 44. Household Entertainments -- 45. Of Carnivals and Kuligs.

46. Masked Balls -- 47. Of Drinks and Drinking -- 48. On the More Famous Drunkards -- 49. Of Carriages and Conveyances -- 50. Public Convocations -- vii. Peasant Life -- 51. On Peasant Customs -- Appendix: Reading Kitowicz in Context -- Appendix: List of Texts Not Included -- Index -- Gallery -- Back cover.

Complete with a comprehensive introduction, the present book consists of fifty-one chapters, including all of the most celebrated ones, from Father Kitowicz's Opis.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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