Die polnische Geschichtschreibung des Mittelalters
The Polish Historiography of the Middle Ages

Author(s): Heinrich von Zeissberg
Subject(s): History, Military history, Special Historiographies:
Published by: CEEOL Digital Reproductions / Collections
Keywords: Polish Historiography;
Summary/Abstract: The awarding society had left it up to the applicants to look at the manuscript material themselves and use new ones, either in a similar way to Palacký in his "Appraisal of the Bohemian Historians," or, as Wattenbach had done in "Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen im Mittelalter", to deal with published and elaborated work with independent penetration of the material. The means at my disposal guided me on the second way, but in such a way that, where handwriting was available, this was also used. I felt I had to do this all the more because, as already indicated above, some sources that needed to be discussed have not yet been printed, and the position of some printed sources can only be understood through the manuscripts. The bibliographical evidence also had to be more complete here, where Potthast is not sufficient despite his merits, the presentation, since the work of earlier researchers only served as reliable support in a few cases, often held the middle between those two masters. The nature of both, however - the critical sharpness of the one, the presentation skills of the other - will always remain unmatched and it can be a comfort to those who follow from afar that this confession recently had to be made by a much more important side.

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