Meteorologia, dyplomatyka, gospodarstwo i wojna. Pogoda w pamiętnikach dyplomatów i wojskowych
Meteorology, Diplomacy, Homestead, and War. <Pogoda> (weather) in Memoirs of Diplomats and Military Personnel

Summary/Abstract: This paper discusses the issues of conceptualisation of the notion of <pogoda> (weather) in terms of its profiling from the viewpoint of public servants (military personnel and diplomats). The analysis covers the 17th-century diary by J.A. Chrapowicki and the 19th-century memoirs by J. Załuski and the 20th-century ones by W. Anders. A gradual reduction of the diversity of meteorological vocabulary was found in the examined period. The profiling of the notion of <pogoda> (weather) has persisted with reference to the following aspects: weather as a hindrance, as a destructive power; the winter weather as a time that is hard to survive. The idea of winter weather as the time of rest from war has disappeared.

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