Od porównan z przeszloscia do porównan z Rosja : polsko-litewscy dyplomaci, moldawski ceremonial i ceremonialny uklad odniesienia w XVIII w.

Abstract

The paper focuses on the changing framework of the Polish-Moldavian diplomatic ceremonial in the eighteenth century. In the absence of fixed ceremonial practice, the form of the ceremonies in the Moldavian capital was a product of negotiation in which references to other embassies played a significant role. As this paper argues, the mid-eighteenth century brought a significant shift in the ‘reference points’ the Polish-Lithuanian diplomats brought into the negotiations: while in the previous period the arguments were drawn from past instances of Polish-Moldavian relations, in the second half of the eighteenth century increasingly it was the contemporary Russian embassies that served as the blueprint.