Zycie spoleczne chlopow w zachodniej Malopolsce w epoce reform agrarnych na przelomie XVIII i XIX w.
The article discusses some of the aspects of broadly understood social life of peasantry in western Lesser Poland at the turn of the 18th century, which was the period of dynamic geopolitical and social changes brought about by, among others, the Partitions of Poland and social and legal reforms realised at the time. Special attention has been given to the following issues: relations within the peasant community, peasants' participation in a village self government and their attitude towards clergy as well as the matter of social awareness, religiousness and customs and traditions of peasants. The study does not, of course, fully explore the problems, it merely signals the issues that need to be further examined within systematic research.