„W chaos obróceni”. Rozbiory w publicznym dyskursie lat 1806–1808

‘Into chaos turned’. The partitions in the public discourse of 1806–1808 The entry of Napoleon’s Grand Army into the territory of Poland annexed by Prussia, in the autumn of 1806, created a new situation for the Polish cause in European politics. It also facilitated the dynamic development of the Polish national movement, animated by supporters of the emerging Napoleonic orientation. Within its framework, in addition to a number of military, organisational and political initiatives, an important role was also played by a public debate on the reasons why Poles had lost their own state and the mistakes to be avoided in order to take advantage of the emerging opportunity to regain it. The aim of this article is to analyse public statements from the end of 1806 to the beginning of 1808 and to show the different contexts of the discourse on the partitions at the time.