Chapter On the periphery of a Barbarian Empire? British travellers in the Duchy of Warsaw and the Kingdom of Poland in the years 1813–1915

From the time the Russian army entered the Polish territory in pursuit of Napoleon’s retreating forces, up to the period when the Russians withdrew from Warsaw in the wake of advancing German troops during the First World War, more than one hundred travellers from the British Isles documented their...

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description From the time the Russian army entered the Polish territory in pursuit of Napoleon’s retreating forces, up to the period when the Russians withdrew from Warsaw in the wake of advancing German troops during the First World War, more than one hundred travellers from the British Isles documented their experiences in Poland under the Russian Partition in books and articles. These visitors included Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and Charles Dodgson—better known as Lewis Carroll. At the beginning of the period in question, most travellers were poorly prepared for visiting Poland. Because of the limited number of publications available on the market, the travellers were forced to read each other’s accounts, and they commented on their fellow travellers’ observations. With time, the situation improved greatly, but still the image of the Poles and their country was saddled with stereotypes. Poland was seen as being a partly barbaric country belonging to the semi-oriental peripheries of Europe that lay on the border with Asia. The material presented in this text by no means includes all the accounts written by the British and Irish travellers to Poland at a time when it was under the Russian partition; however, it is believed to be a valid introduction to a more in-depth study of travellers’ descriptions of their experiences in Poland.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1548852025-03-07T13:41:59Z Chapter On the periphery of a Barbarian Empire? British travellers in the Duchy of Warsaw and the Kingdom of Poland in the years 1813–1915 Deles, Przemysław British Empire British colonies postcolonialism colonialism Great Britain United Kingdom From the time the Russian army entered the Polish territory in pursuit of Napoleon’s retreating forces, up to the period when the Russians withdrew from Warsaw in the wake of advancing German troops during the First World War, more than one hundred travellers from the British Isles documented their experiences in Poland under the Russian Partition in books and articles. These visitors included Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and Charles Dodgson—better known as Lewis Carroll. At the beginning of the period in question, most travellers were poorly prepared for visiting Poland. Because of the limited number of publications available on the market, the travellers were forced to read each other’s accounts, and they commented on their fellow travellers’ observations. With time, the situation improved greatly, but still the image of the Poles and their country was saddled with stereotypes. Poland was seen as being a partly barbaric country belonging to the semi-oriental peripheries of Europe that lay on the border with Asia. The material presented in this text by no means includes all the accounts written by the British and Irish travellers to Poland at a time when it was under the Russian partition; however, it is believed to be a valid introduction to a more in-depth study of travellers’ descriptions of their experiences in Poland. 2025-03-07T13:41:58Z 2025-03-07T13:41:58Z 2019 chapter ONIX_20250307_9788381422963_310 9788381422963 9788381422956 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/154885 pol image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.press.uni.lodz.pl/index.php/wul/catalog/book/961 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 10.18778/8142-295-6.11 From the time the Russian army entered the Polish territory in pursuit of Napoleon’s retreating forces, up to the period when the Russians withdrew from Warsaw in the wake of advancing German troops during the First World War, more than one hundred travellers from the British Isles documented their experiences in Poland under the Russian Partition in books and articles. These visitors included Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and Charles Dodgson—better known as Lewis Carroll. At the beginning of the period in question, most travellers were poorly prepared for visiting Poland. Because of the limited number of publications available on the market, the travellers were forced to read each other’s accounts, and they commented on their fellow travellers’ observations. With time, the situation improved greatly, but still the image of the Poles and their country was saddled with stereotypes. Poland was seen as being a partly barbaric country belonging to the semi-oriental peripheries of Europe that lay on the border with Asia. The material presented in this text by no means includes all the accounts written by the British and Irish travellers to Poland at a time when it was under the Russian partition; however, it is believed to be a valid introduction to a more in-depth study of travellers’ descriptions of their experiences in Poland. 10.18778/8142-295-6.11 83bfe9c9-323d-4283-b087-d859fd9af314 9788381422963 9788381422956 177-192 open access
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Chapter On the periphery of a Barbarian Empire? British travellers in the Duchy of Warsaw and the Kingdom of Poland in the years 1813–1915
title Chapter On the periphery of a Barbarian Empire? British travellers in the Duchy of Warsaw and the Kingdom of Poland in the years 1813–1915
title_full Chapter On the periphery of a Barbarian Empire? British travellers in the Duchy of Warsaw and the Kingdom of Poland in the years 1813–1915
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title_short Chapter On the periphery of a Barbarian Empire? British travellers in the Duchy of Warsaw and the Kingdom of Poland in the years 1813–1915
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British colonies
postcolonialism
colonialism
Great Britain
United Kingdom
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British colonies
postcolonialism
colonialism
Great Britain
United Kingdom
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