Table of Contents

Preface; Gazetteer; Glossary; List of abbreviations; Maps; 1. Introduction; 2. The origins of royal Prussia; 3. Royal Prussia and urban life in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; 4. History, myth and historical identity; 5. Political identity in the cities of royal Prussia and the meaning of liberty (1650–1720); 6. Loyalty in times of war; 7. Divergence: the construction of rival Prussian identities; 8. Centre versus province: the royal Prussian cities during the Great Northern War; 9. Myths old and new: the royal Prussian enlightenment; 10. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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A study of national identity in Royal Prussia - the 'other Prussia', part of the Polish state from 1454 to 1793.

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'This sensitive and intelligent recuperation of one of history's lost causes offers a poignant variation on the standard narrative of European nationalism.' German History