Monuments of Oblivion: Forgetting, Prosthetic Memory and the Polish Nation.

In the sixteenth century, the Polish nobility created a concept of the noble nation, which excluded the peasants. As modern national identities emerged in the nineteenth century, this concept was extended to include other strata of the population living in the Polish lands. When peasants acquired th...

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Published in:	History & Memory Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 110 - 139
Main Authors:	RAUSZER, MICHAŁ, DURYS, ELŻBIETA
Format:	Article
Published:	Indiana University Press Fall/Winter2022
Subjects:	Peasants Collective memory Monuments National character Nobility (Social class) Sixteenth century Countries Poland Austria Russia
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