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  • Twisted Ways of Commodities in the Early Modern Era and the Positioning of Poland on the Map of Colonialism

  • Dariusz Kołodziejczyk
  • Journal:
    European Review / Volume 26 / Issue 3 / July 2018
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    14 June 2018, pp. 441-447

  • This article discusses the position of Poland on the global map by focusing on the routes and impact of three selected ‘commodities’ that were transported to and from Poland in the early modern era, namely slaves, tobacco and silver coin. If studied in isolation, each of these ‘commodities’ assigns Poland a different role in the geography of the global market, work and know-how distribution. Only when studied together do they reveal the complex character of the relations between Central-Eastern Europe and its western and south-eastern neighbours, reaching as far as the New World and the Middle East.

Universal Empire
  • A Comparative Approach to Imperial Culture and Representation in Eurasian History
  • Edited by Peter Fibiger Bang, Dariusz Kolodziejczyk
  • Published online:
    05 November 2012
    Print publication:
    16 August 2012
  • The claim by certain rulers to universal empire has a long history stretching as far back as the Assyrian and Achaemenid Empires. This book traces its various manifestations in classical antiquity, the Islamic world, Asia and Central America as well as considering seventeenth- and eighteenth-century European discussions of international order. As such it is an exercise in comparative world history combining a multiplicity of approaches, from ancient history, to literary and philosophical studies, to the history of art and international relations and historical sociology. The notion of universal, imperial rule is presented as an elusive and much coveted prize among monarchs in history, around which developed forms of kingship and political culture. Different facets of the phenomenon are explored under three, broadly conceived, headings: symbolism, ceremony and diplomatic relations; universal or cosmopolitan literary high-cultures; and, finally, the inclination to present universal imperial rule as an expression of cosmic order.