Polska międzywojenna w pracach Franciszka Ryszki z lat 1950–1996
The inter-war Poland in the works by Franciszek Ryszka from years 1950–1996

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to examine Franciszek Ryszka’s view of the interwar Poland, including the way in which the view evolved throughout his academic career. The author begins his analysis with texts which, written in the period of the Stalinization of Polish historiography, contributed to the ‘black legend’ of the Second Republic. As the research into the Second Republic progressed and the circumstances in which the historical profession operated changed, Ryszka’s picture of the inter-war Poland grew more objective. The most original parts of his works are those that draw on his own experience – the account of the country life from the perspective of a landed gentry family, the description of the lifestyle and cultural patterns to which this social group adhered, and the analysis of the group’s slow decline and of the rural poverty.

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