Published: 2022-12-071

“To beat and not to beat” – the Tarnowski family from Dzików in the face of Polish independence uprisings

Tadeusz Zych
Echa Przeszłości
Section: ARTICLES
https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.8388

Abstract

The age-old Polish question: “to fight or not to fight?”, also shaped three generations of the Tarnowski family of Dzików. Although in the 19th and 20th centuries this prominent Polish aristocratic family no longer held as much significance as it did a few centuries earlier, its representatives actively participated in all important political and military events. This was the case during the Napoleonic era, as well as during the 19th-century uprisings. By engaging in them, despite the awareness of the small chances of success, they not only pursued the family knightly ethos but also skillfully managed to combine a romantic attitude with political prudence.

Keywords:

Tarnowski family, uprisings, Dzików, irredenta, Stańczycy

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Zych, T. (2022). “To beat and not to beat” – the Tarnowski family from Dzików in the face of Polish independence uprisings. Echa Przeszłości, (XXIII/2), 45–58. https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.8388

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