Published: 2022-12-30

Day-to-day affairs at the court of Maria Kątska Potocka (d. 1768). Outline of the problem on the basis of correspondence addressed to the starostess of Lviv in the years 1765-1766

Urszula Kicińska
Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings
Section: Rozprawy i Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2022.29.2.13

Abstract

Maria Potocka née Kątska (1722-1768), starostess of Lviv, is an extraordinary figure. She is considered a precursor of the Polish Enlightenment, a bibliophile, and an art patroness. She inherited a huge fortune of the Kątski, Denhoff, and Szczuka families, which became the foundation of the Potocki family’s later economic power. Together with her husband, Eustachy Potocki (1720-1768), she was engaged in large-scale business and patronage activities. Still, little is known about daily life at the Potocki manor. Therefore, the article focuses on presenting her activities, especially in the areas of managing her extensive estates, raising and educating her children, and charitable activities. These factors created her everyday life.

Keywords:

manor house, daily, noble culture, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 18th century

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Kicińska, U. (2022). Day-to-day affairs at the court of Maria Kątska Potocka (d. 1768). Outline of the problem on the basis of correspondence addressed to the starostess of Lviv in the years 1765-1766. Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings, 29(2), 162–177. https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2022.29.2.13

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