Dzieje w rękach Opatrzności. Elementy historiozofii Jana Długosza i jej uwarunkowania
History in the hands of Providence. Elements of the historiosophy of Jan Długosz and its determinants

Summary/Abstract: The article shows the presence of creatively reworked elements of historiographic ideas in the Annales of Jan Długosz. The mental formation of Długosz and his intellectual millieu is discussed, with special attention paid to the university circles and practical theology in Cracow. The dedicatory epistle of the Annales, as the expression of methodological awareness of the chronicler, is the subject of analysis from the perspective of the aims of history and its relations with philosophy and morality. The author also presents the ideas of providentialism, typical for Długosz, especially the meaning of God’s justice for the course of history. As its exemplification serves the original and sophisticated conception of Długosz, showing the causes of the loss of Polish throne by the Piast dynasty.

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