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Poland's Constitutional Moment: May Third, 1791
In 1788, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was a hollowed-out giant, its parliament paralyzed by the liberum veto and its borders threatened by Russia, Prussia, and Austria. But in May 1791, amidst a whirlwind of political maneuvering and secret midnight sessions, reformers pushed through the Constitution of May 3rd (Konstytucja 3 Maja). This episode explores the audacious attempt to transform an elective monarchy into a hereditary one, abolish the noble veto that had crippled the state for decades, and grant rights to the urban middle class. We follow Hugo Kołłątaj, Ignacy Potocki, and King…
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