The Saxon times, which set off the apogee of Sarmatism, are habitually seen as a pe-riod of decline culture in Poland. Going against such views, the author demonstrates that already in the middle 18th century Poland there were cultural centres and projects of educational reform. A particular role in the process fell to people-institutions, such as brothers Stanisław and Józef Załuski.
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