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The Polish Constitution of 1791: Europe's First Modern Charter
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the dramatic story of Poland's Constitution of 3 May 1791, the first modern written constitution in Europe and the second in the world after the United States. They discuss the reformers behind it, including King Stanisław August Poniatowski, Ignacy Potocki, and Hugo Kołłątaj, and the desperate political context of a Commonwealth on the brink of partition. The episode covers the Four-Year Sejm, the progressive reforms that abolished liberum veto, established a hereditary monarchy, and granted limited rights to burghers, as well as the fierce…
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