Thursday Dinners

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Royal Baths Park
where the dinners were held in summer
King

Thursday Dinners (

Enlightenment period in Poland.[1]

History

Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski was famed as a patron of the arts and learning.

School of Chivalry
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The gatherings were usually held in the Royal Castle and in summer at the Palace on the Isle in Warsaw, between 1770 and 1784. During the gatherings, which typically lasted three hours and were akin to French salons, the King and his guests discussed literature, art and politics over a light meal. The number of guests varied over the years, with about thirty regulars, including politicians, writers, bibliophiles, military officers of rank and philosophers. Notable guests included:

The king also held less well-known Wednesday Dinners, Obiady Środowe. While the guests at the Thursday Dinners were usually writers, poets and artists, the Wednesday Dinners brought together educators, scientists and political activists.

The Thursday Dinners spawned the first Polish literary magazine, Zabawy Przyjemne i Pożyteczne [pl] - "Diversions Pleasurable and Useful", published from 1770 to 1777.

In the 1990s, Warsaw Mayor Paweł Piskorski reinstated the tradition by holding Tuesday Breakfasts to talk over current issues with leading businessmen and activists.

See also

References

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  2. ^ Korwin-Szymanowski, Franciszek, ed. Józef Szymanowski: Listy Do Starościny Wyszogrodzkiej. Warsaw: PIW. p. 9. (in Polish)