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Apparently, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth introduced what wiki calls "the first codified constitution in modern European history" in 1791, 19 years after the beginning of the Partitionings. What did this constitution aim to achieve, and why did it come when it did?

by /u/EnclavedMicrostate in /r/AskHistorians

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