Klaudia Kuchno

The primary focus of this project is to understand how the idea of Europe was conceptualized in early modern Florence and to discern the place Poland-Lithuania occupied within this framework. Building on Clifford Geertz’s emphasis on thick description and by analyzing a wide variety of materials, including maps, political and geographical treaties, and correspondence, the project aims to discuss the following issues: What categories and values constituted the ideas of “Europe” and “shared civilization” in Florence? What similarities and differences between Poland-Lithuania and other countries were observed?