The first modern constitution in Europe? On the occasion of its bicentenary, Robert Frost looks at the background to a landmark in Polish history which, though it triggered the final disaster of partition by the country's greedy neighbours, was a work of enlightened reform, not revolution.
Michael Burleigh investigates how academia was pressed into service to legitimise Nazi imperialism in the conquered East.
Norman Davis explains how Poland's geography has been the villain of her history.
Norman Davies finds that Poland is a repository of ideas and values which can outlast any number of military and political catastrophies.
