Regina libertas et plica polonica. Uwagi o recepcji realiów polskich nad Sekwaną na marginesie Relacji Gasparda de Tende’a

Abstrakt

It is in the margin of some interesting snippets of An Account of Poland by Gaspard de Tende that the reception of Polish realities in the France of that time. Two main suggestive figures are Regina libertas (the Queen of freedom) and plicapolonica (Polish plait). Creating the image of the Sarmatic world in France is shown on examples of de Tende’s works, The Encyclopedia of Diderot and d’Alembert, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Bernardin de Saint Pierre, and Mably.