Published: 2022-12-30

“A nobleman on function.” Wladyslaw Charczowski’s inventories of movable property as a testimony to mental and cultural changes in the 18th century

Bożena Popiołek
Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings
Section: Rozprawy i Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2022.29.2.15

Abstract

The article is devoted to the changes in the culture and mentality of the eighteenth-century Polish nobility on the example of the property inventories of Władysław Charczowski, the son of castellan of Słońsk. The process of building a clerical career of a wealthy nobleman can be seen in the transformation of his environment - his marriage, the creation of a manor, recruitment of supporters and building prestige through expensive purchases. The preserved purchase registers, bills, property inventories, settlements with servants show us the complicated process of a nobleman climbing the ladder of social dependence, creating his own environment, and thus a political career, interrupted by the untimely tragic death of Władysław Charczowski.

Keywords:

manor house, movable property inventories, noble culture, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 18th century

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Popiołek, B. (2022). “A nobleman on function.” Wladyslaw Charczowski’s inventories of movable property as a testimony to mental and cultural changes in the 18th century. Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings, 29(2), 199–217. https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2022.29.2.15

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