Abstract
This chapter looks at the legacy of the multicultural Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the context of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 by comparing the attitude towards that legacy of Oskar Halecki and Lewis Namier, two Polish historians who were advisors to the Polish and British delegations to Paris respectively. Although they were both brought up in Habsburg-ruled Galicia, they had very different conceptualisations of the Polish-Lithuanian past. The article considers the reasons for those differences and considers how they shed light on the problems faced by the peacemakers in east-central Europe after the First World War.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Multicultural Commonwealth |
| Subtitle of host publication | Poland-Lithuania and Its Afterlives |
| Editors | Stanley Bill, Simon Lewis |
| Place of Publication | Pittsburgh |
| Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Pages | 181-204 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780822948032 |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2023 |
Keywords
- Lewis Namier
- Oskar Halecki
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Paris Peace Conference
- Nationalism in Eastern Europe
