The Peasant Revolt of 1846 in Galicia

Recent Polish Historiography

Bibliographic Data

ID4214748
AuthorsThomas W Simon (corresponding author), Thomas W Simons (corresponding author)
Year1971
Volume30
Issue4
Pages795-817
Publication date1971-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSlavic Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2493849
OpenAlexW2313140033
LanguageEN
Citations received4

In February 1846 Polish-speaking peasants in the western districts of Galicia, the Austrian part of partitioned Poland, struck down a national uprising composed largely of Polish nobles (szlachta) and joined Austrian troops marching on the tiny Republic of Cracow, where a Polish National Government had been established. Between four hundred and five hundred manors were sacked and over a thousand Poles killed. This peasant revolt is' the point at which the national and social problems cross most strikingly in Polish historiography. Every historian of these events must explain how Polish peasants could rise against Polish patriots seeking to free Poland from the foreign yoke.Controversy began immediately, but for almost a century, until World War II, debate was confined within fairly narrow interpretive limits. All the major treatments were based on one or another version of an "outside agitator" thesis

Ancient history · Economic history · Historiography · Peasant · Political science · Politics · Spanish Civil War · Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies

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