Magnackie i szlacheckie elity Rzeczypospolitej wobec niektórych kwestii związanych ze stosunkiem do Turków i Tatarów oraz Szwedów i Rosjan w dobie wojny północnej

Abstract

The author shows possible ways of understanding one of the most important problems concerning the attitudes of Polish and Lithuanian magnates and nobility to Turks, Tartars Swedes and Russians during the Great Northern War. The understanding of the presence of neighboring nations inside (military troops) and outside the Commonwealth was generally based on the very solid perception of these nations resulting from the sentiments built through previous centuries. Although the Great Northern War, in general, "destroyed" such attitudes, descriptions and understanding of Turks, Tartars, Swedes and Russians remained, in general, in the mentality of Polish magnates and nobility.