Customs and Culture in Poland under the Last Saxon King

Oscar E. Swan is Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh.

Contents

Preface.
Glossary of Commonly Used Terms
Jedrzej Kitowicz: To the Reader

I.Religious Beliefs and Institutions of Piety
1.Religious Denominations in Poland
2.On Piety
3.The Hospital of the Baby Jesus
4.The Maiden Canonesses

II.Religious Customs and Ceremonies
5. Manger Scenes
6. Floral Sunday
7. Ash Wednesday. Dark Matins
8. The Passion Service and the Flagellants
9. Easter Processions and the Entombment Ceremony
10. The Resurrection Procession and Corpus Christi Procession
11.Easter Monday and St. John's Eve

III.Child-Rearing and Early Education
12.Child-Rearing
13.The Education of Children Past the Age of Seven
14.Public Schools
15.On Student Privileges
16.How Dabrowski Lost His Head

IV.Legislature and the Judiciary
17.On the Sejms
18.Eating and Drinking at the Sejmiks. Vetting Delegates
19.The Marshal's Courts
20.On Torture
21.The Crown Tribunals
22.The Singlesticks Circle
23.Deputival Honors and Parades
24.The Conclusion of the Tribunals
25.The Radom Commission

V.The Military
26.The Crown Foot Guard
27.The Company Circle
28.The Company Deputation for Tax Collection
29.The March of the Hussar and Armored Companies
30.Foreign-Style Regiments
31.The Hetmans
32.The Sich and the Haidamaks
33.On Orders

VI.Lives and Entertainments of the Nobility
34.Old-Fashioned Cookery
35.New-Fashioned Cookery
36.Noble Tables and Banquets
37.On the Potato
38.Of Beds and Bedding
39.On Noble Palaces and Homes
40.On Costume or Dress
41.Women's Wear: Headgear, Mantles, and Hoop Skirts
42.Of Snuff and Snuff Boxes
43.Of Bags and Watches, Rings and Pins
44.Household Entertainments
45.Of Carnivals and Kuligs
46.Masked Balls
47.Of Drinks and Drinking
48.On the More Famous Drunkards
49.Of Carriages and Conveyances
50.Public Convocations

VII.Peasant Life
51.On Peasant Customs

Appendix: Reading Kitowicz in Context
Appendix: List of Texts Not Included