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The Constitution of 3 May 1791: Poland's Radical Experiment
In 1791, Poland-Lithuania did something no other European power had dared: it wrote a constitution. The Constitution of 3 May 1791 (Konstytucja 3 Maja) was Europe's first modern codified national constitution and the world's second, after the American one. It tried to fix the Commonwealth's fatal flaws—the liberum veto, elective kingship, and noble privilege—by creating a hereditary monarchy, a stronger executive, and a more balanced parliament. Lucas and Luna unpack how this radical document came to be, why it was so short-lived, and why it still matters to Poles today. Along…
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