Problemy XX-wiecznej historiografii stosunków polsko-czeskich
The Twentieth Century Historiography of Polish-Czech Relations – Major Problems and Key Issues

Summary/Abstract: The author focuses on both the state of research and the number of publications referring to Polish-Czechoslovak relations in the twentieth century. He distinguishes between two periods in the development of contemporary historiographical narratives: 1. inter-war period, when historians were analyzing contemporary problems resulting from the series of peace treaties that formed the basis for the new European order (e.g. the problem of Teschen Silesia, Spish and Orava, national minorities in border regions). 2. post-war period, when new historical monographs were written. Those monographs both presented consecutive stages of Polish-Czech relations during the interwar period and referred to the complex problem of Polish-Czech border after 1945. Nowadays the outcomes and results of the research on Polish-Czech relations in the twentieth century are regarded as satisfactory. Not only main schools and tendencies of political thought in both countries had been deeply researched. Also other, more specific issues were analyzed in detail. It generates optimistic forecasts for the future research and production of synthetic works analyzing historiographical stances in both countries.

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