Zygmunt III i monarchia republikańska (Sigismund III and Republican Monarchy)

Activity

I was invited to deliver the annual public Antoni Mączak Memorial Lecture by the Museum of Polish History and the History Department of Warsaw University, in honour of one of Poland's leading early modern historians, Antoni Mączak (1928-2003).

Description

The lecture challenged the traditional claim that Sigismund III, king of Poland-Lithuania 1587-1632 sought to introduce absolute monarchy and formed a regalist party dedicated to this aim. Instead it argued that Sigismund was a talented politician who sought to exercise his royal power within the law, with the support of a government whose members believed in the republic and its constitution.

Period	22 May 2025
Held at	Muzeum Historii Polski (Museum of Polish History), Poland
Degree of Recognition	International