The Curious Evolution of the Liberum Veto: Republican Theory and Practice in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1639-1705 [diss.]

Introduction: The Conundrum of the Liberum veto in light of the work of Stanisław Dunin Karwicki                p. 1 
 
Chapter One: Inter maiestas ac libertas: Political Theory and Practice at the sejmy of 1639 and 1652                 p. 48 
 
Chapter Two: Reform and the Liberum Veto: From Three Estates to Two Factions (1658-1662)                  p. 95 
 
Chapter Three: Civil War and the Curious Evolution of the Liberum Veto (1664-1666) 
                    p. 157 
 
Chapter Four: Our Free Speech vs. Their Free Speech: The More Curious Evolution of Głos Wolny During the Reign of Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (1669-1673) 
                      p. 220 
 
Chapter Five: The Republic Must Be Reformed: A Way Out of the Impasse  p. 273 
 
Conclusion                    p. 312 
 
Appendix 1: Exorbitancje in all three estates of the Republic briefly collected and also a means to correct these exorbitancje and assuage distrust among the estates presented for the consideration of leading citizens by a nobleman of the Crown.   
                    p. 318 
 
Appendix 2: A Map of the Commonwealth in 1635         
                    p. 405 
 
Bibliography                  p. 406